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Women in STEM: Dr Stephanie Höhn | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-in-stem-dr-stephanie-hohn14 Nov 2019: I use computer-generated simulations to test my hypotheses on which cells are actively forming the tissue and which ones are just being pushed around by others.
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A-Level results day 2019 #GoingToCambridge | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/a-level-results-day-2019-goingtocambridge15 Aug 2019: Cambridge, King’s College and the London School of Economics.".
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Green-sky thinking for propulsion and power | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/green-sky-thinking-for-propulsion-and-power4 Dec 2019: Test results are automatically fed back to the augmented design system, allowing it to learn from both the digital and the physical data. ... A national asset, the Centre is designed to combine a scaled-up version of the agile test capability with
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Report examines origins and nature of ‘maths anxiety’ | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/report-examines-origins-and-nature-of-maths-anxiety14 Mar 2019: Students pointed to poor marks or test results, or negative comparisons to peers or siblings as reasons for feeling anxious. ... There was also greater pressure from tests – in particular, SATS – and an increased homework load.
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Women in STEM: Dr Anna-Maria Pappa | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-in-stem-dr-anna-maria-pappa5 Sep 2019: Investigating drug-bacterial membrane interactions allows us to directly test the efficacy of known drugs on bacterial resistant strains, as well as allowing us to better understand the action of novel
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Women in STEM: Fiona Llewellyn-Beard | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-in-stem-fiona-llewellyn-beard28 Nov 2019: I study mud. To tell the truth, this is something that has interested me since about the age of three, when I enjoyed making mud pies at nursery school. I’m a
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HIV remission achieved in second patient | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/hiv-remission-achieved-in-second-patient5 Mar 2019: The patient remained on ARV for 16 months after the transplant, at which point the clinical team and the patient decided to interrupt ARV therapy to test if the patient was
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Cambridge Festival of Ideas Launches Today | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-festival-of-ideas-launches-today-011 Oct 2019: Rethinking drug addiction will ask why current approaches to addiction are not working and question if this is a matter of economics, politics, ethics or education.
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Opinion: Why policymakers should care about location | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-why-policymakers-should-care-about-location8 Mar 2019: For politicians and policymakers who came of age during years of sustained economic growth, and who assumed the financially driven economy would generate opportunities for all, these deeply structural patterns of ... How can the economic and societal
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Did the Sixties dream die in 1969? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/did-the-sixties-dream-die-in-19691 Nov 2019: A fraught and difficult decade, the 1960s left a social, cultural and economic legacy of which still exerts a powerful influence on the contemporary world.
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Cambridge vs climate change | Vice-Chancellor's blog | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-vs-climate-change-vice-chancellors-blog20 Sep 2019: eat, how we work, how we travel, the way we communicate, how we measure economic progress and the way our societies are organised.
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Cambridge team to study concussion in international motorsport |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-team-to-study-concussion-in-international-motorsport21 Feb 2019: Post-injury tests are open to international motorsport competitors, to be carried out during the 2019 race season. ... The team will also collect data using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) as well as salivary biomarkers.
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Students submit tips on preparing for University interviews |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/students-submit-tips-on-preparing-for-university-interviews20 Nov 2019: Current and former students offer tips on how to prepare for interviews and what to expect. Helpful hints range from chewing gum in the waiting room to relax,
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Molecular patterns could better predict breast cancer recurrence |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/molecular-patterns-could-better-predict-breast-cancer-recurrence13 Mar 2019: We hope that our research tool can be turned into a test doctors can easily use to guide treatment recommendations.”. ... In addition to developing an affordable test for future use in hospitals, Caldas’ team are also already investigating
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Bookings open for 12th Cambridge Festival of Ideas | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/bookings-open-for-12th-cambridge-festival-of-ideas23 Sep 2019: parties. They will offer three perspectives – behavioural, socio-economic and political – that provide a compelling picture of how the British voter has changed in a few generations.
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Gamblers predicted Brexit before financial traders, study finds |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gamblers-predicted-brexit-before-financial-traders-study-finds11 Jan 2019: Researchers from the Faculty of Economics compared the behaviours of the Betfair betting market and the sterling-dollar exchange rate from closure of the polls at 10pm, when odds of 10
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Opinion: Why and how to debate climate change | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/opinion-why-and-how-to-debate-climate-change16 Dec 2019: The 15 selected debates illustrate the range of cultural, economic, epistemic, ethical, legal, political, social and technological challenges raised by climate change.
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Cambridge spin-out company wins £18m to fight Alzheimer's |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-spin-out-company-wins-ps18m-to-fight-alzheimers24 Jan 2019: A biopharmaceutical company set-up by Cambridge academics from St John's College to develop drugs to treat illnesses such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s and more
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A new educational initiative – Roots – makes music a priority |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/a-new-educational-initiative-roots-makes-music-a-priority25 Mar 2019: Cambridgeshire secondary school pupils had the chance to put into practice their new singing talents – from music from the Middle Ages through to the present
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Young leaders from UK and Latin America tackle future at Shaping…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/young-leaders-from-uk-and-latin-america-tackle-future-at-shaping-horizons11 Sep 2019: is an initiative of the World Economic Forum.
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‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/trickster-god-used-fake-news-in-babylonian-noah-story26 Nov 2019: Dr Martin Worthington’s new research analysing the word play in the story has uncovered the duplicitous language of a Babylonian god called Ea, who was
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High levels of oestrogen in the womb linked to autism | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/high-levels-of-oestrogen-in-the-womb-linked-to-autism29 Jul 2019: The discovery adds further evidence to support the prenatal sex steroid theory of autism first proposed 20 years ago. In 2015, a team of scientists at the
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Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/smog-eating-graphene-composite-reduces-atmospheric-pollution5 Dec 2019: x. ) than standard titania nanoparticles in tests on real pollutants.
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University joins Mind initiative to boost mental health support |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/university-joins-mind-initiative-to-boost-mental-health-support10 Sep 2019: University of Greenwich. University of Bristol. Teesside University. The London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Cambridge University research and the East of England | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-university-research-and-the-east-of-england1 Mar 2019: But the region also faces multiple challenges. In some areas, acute economic inequalities are linked to low educational outcomes, poor health, skills deficits and reduced connectivity.
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Mighty mites give scrawny beetles the edge over bigger rivals |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mighty-mites-give-scrawny-beetles-the-edge-over-bigger-rivals6 Mar 2019: The Cambridge researchers wanted to test whether ‘losers’ might be more likely to have a mutualistic relationship with another species in order to gain an advantage over their stronger rivals. ... beetles. To test this idea directly, the researchers
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Achievements of Cambridge figures recognised in Queen’s Birthday…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/achievements-of-cambridge-figures-recognised-in-queens-birthday-honours-20197 Jun 2019: She is also a Fellow of the British Academy and a member of the Economic and Social Research Council. ... Her research has suggested ways to reduce the large socio-economic inequalities in education achievement that we have in the UK.
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Saving ‘Half-Earth’ for nature would affect over a billion people |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/saving-half-earth-for-nature-would-affect-over-a-billion-people18 Nov 2019: However, little work has gone into identifying the social and economic implications for people. ... We need to be ambitious given the environmental crises. But it is vital that social and economic implications at local levels are considered if the
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Cambridge researchers win European Research Council funding |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-researchers-win-european-research-council-funding28 Mar 2019: While audio sensing in a mobile context is inexpensive to deploy and can reach people who may not have access to or be able to afford other diagnostic tests, it does
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Childhood obesity linked to structural differences in key brain…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/childhood-obesity-linked-to-structural-differences-in-key-brain-regions24 Oct 2019: They also analysed results from tests of executive function. The team found an association between increased BMI and significant reductions in the average (mean) thickness of the cortex, as well as ... Credit: Lisa Ronan, University of Cambridge). The
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Young people at risk of addiction show differences in key brain…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/young-people-at-risk-of-addiction-show-differences-in-key-brain-region4 Mar 2019: What most motivates me about my own research is working out how to test specific hypotheses about mental health—say, if a specific brain region is under-active in depression— in ... These tests will never exist without a series of experiments
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Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/nanoparticles-used-to-transport-anti-cancer-agent-to-cells17 Sep 2019: Research led by Dr David Fairen-Jimenez, from the Cambridge Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, indicates metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
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Scheme launched to improve health of French Bulldogs, Pugs and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scheme-launched-to-improve-health-of-french-bulldogs-pugs-and-bulldogs4 Feb 2019: These grades will be recorded on the Kennel Club’s database and published in the Breed Records Supplement, on the dog’s registration certificate, and on the Kennel Club Health Test ... We are researching the genetics of this condition but it is
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Inflammation links heart disease and depression, study finds |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/inflammation-links-heart-disease-and-depression-study-finds19 Mar 2019: Dr Khandaker is currently involved in a clinical trial to test tocilizumab, an anti-inflammatory drug used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis that inhibits IL-6, to see if reducing
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Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-identify-possible-source-of-the-uncanny-valley-in-the-brain1 Jul 2019: To investigate these mechanisms, the researchers studied brain patterns in 21 healthy individuals during two different tests using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow within the ... In the first test,
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Recalling happy memories during adolescence can reduce risk of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/recalling-happy-memories-during-adolescence-can-reduce-risk-of-depression14 Jan 2019: To test their hypothesis, the researchers analysed data from 427 young people, average age of 14 years, from Cambridge and the surrounding area, all of whom were considered to be at ... The results are published today in Nature Human Behaviour. At the
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‘I bottle it up’: the emotions of solitary confinement | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/i-bottle-it-up-the-emotions-of-solitary-confinement1 Apr 2019: Ben is an Economic & Social Research Council New Investigator at the Prisons Research Centre, University of Cambridge.
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Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35 percent | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/driverless-cars-working-together-can-speed-up-traffic-by-35-percent20 May 2019: Technology. Many existing tests for multiple autonomous driverless cars are done digitally, or with scale models that are either too large or too expensive to carry out indoor experiments with fleets ... In future work, the researchers plan to use the
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Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/amount-of-carbon-stored-in-forests-reduced-as-climate-warms15 May 2019: We wanted to test the ‘live fast, die young’ hypothesis, and we’ve found that for trees in cold climates, it appears to be true,” said Büntgen.
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New stem cell combination could help to repair damaged hearts |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-stem-cell-combination-could-help-to-repair-damaged-hearts5 Aug 2019: The researchers used 3D human heart tissue grown in the lab from human stem cells to test the cell combination, finding that the supportive epicardial cells helped heart muscle cells to
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Vice-Chancellor Toope reinforces Sciences Po partnership in Paris |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-chancellor-toope-reinforces-sciences-po-partnership-in-paris3 Apr 2019: It has seven campuses across France, and a record of excellent research in law, economics, history, political science and sociology. -
University launches fibre network joint venture with Cambridgeshire…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/university-launches-fibre-network-joint-venture-with-cambridgeshire-council11 Jul 2019: a foundation for economic strength, thriving communities and successful localities.
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1989: The year Margaret Thatcher’s apparent mastery slipped away |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/1989-the-year-margaret-thatchers-apparent-mastery-slipped-away9 Mar 2019: Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson's fundamental disagreements with the views and actions of Walters, Margaret Thatcher’s economics adviser, led to the watershed resignation of both men on 26
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GP clinics could help bridge mental health treatment gap, study finds …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gp-clinics-could-help-bridge-mental-health-treatment-gap-study-finds7 Nov 2019: To directly inform policy decisions, the researchers conducted an economic analysis. ... Early intervention is key in reducing the economic and societal burden of mental health.”.
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Deep brain stimulation may significantly improve OCD symptoms, study…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/deep-brain-stimulation-may-significantly-improve-ocd-symptoms-study-suggests7 Mar 2019: The researchers assessed OCD symptoms and mood using standardised scales. Cognitive flexibility was assessed with the CANTAB IED test, invented by Professors Barbara Sahakian and Trevor Robbins from the University of ... Cambridge. This test has been
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Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-highlights-potential-for-liquid-health-check-to-predict-disease-risk2 Dec 2019: Now, an international team of researchers from the UK and USA, working with biotech company SomaLogic, has shown that large-scale measurement of proteins in a single blood test can provide ... We have more than a hundred tests in our SomaSignal pipeline
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Cambridge admits first tranche of 'second chance'…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-admits-first-tranche-of-second-chance-disadvantaged-students-in-diversity-boost16 Aug 2019: accepted. Seventeen medics got places through Adjustment, while others will study Economics, Engineering, Law and Natural Sciences. ... Katie Yuan will read Economics at Murray Edwards College after receiving 4 A in Maths, Further Maths, Geography and
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Physician, heal thyself: engineering a new National Health Service |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/physician-heal-thyself-engineering-a-new-national-health-service19 Mar 2019: System design. The NHS faces numerous challenges but the real test, says Komashie, is understanding how to design better delivery systems by working with patients.
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Researchers develop comprehensive new way to predict breast cancer…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/researchers-develop-comprehensive-new-way-to-predict-breast-cancer-risk15 Jan 2019: They have a developed a way of calculating the risk of developing the disease by combining information on family history and genetics with other factors such
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‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fingerprint-database-could-help-scientists-to-identify-new-cancer-culprits16 Apr 2019: Our DNA, the human genome, comprises of a string of molecules known as nucleotides. These are represented by the letters A, C, G and T. Sometimes, changes
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