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10 Dec 2020: We can now grow miniature functional ‘organoids’ that so closely resemble first-trimester placentas that the cells record a positive response using a pregnancy test, showing they are secreting hormones.

29 Nov 2020: They have a lot of extreme physics going on inside them and scientists use them to test theories of relativity on a cosmic scale.

15 Apr 2020: in economic development.

20 Oct 2020: Economic empowerment is the overriding theme of everything I work on, whether it’s in Britain or in Africa. ... I wrote about the historical, political and economic factors that had prevented the slum from improving and how we could bypass these to

8 Jun 2020: drug tests – an important means for people to keep on top of their addictions – have restarted.

4 Jun 2020: We are currently undertaking safety tests, site set up, and risk assessments at the University Library in readiness to introduce these services, which are designed to further expand access to physical

14 Oct 2020: World Economic Forum to distil what we can learn from recent months. ... He is Co-Chair of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Global Food Security at Cambridge and Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Advanced Manufacturing and

27 Oct 2020: My interest in humanitarian issues comes from my mother. She worked on initiatives like community immunisation, prevention of malaria and economic empowerment for women. ... pursuit of economic development.

25 Nov 2020: The coronavirus pandemic has ignited the most severe economic and social crisis the United Kingdom has faced since the second world war. ... The experience of many European Countries in the economic recessions of the 1990s and 2011 show that they are a

1 Apr 2020: Someone might appear to be ill, draw attention to a household, but ultimately test negative for tuberculosis. ... This was before a virus was known to be the cause and before a test was available to determine who was sick.

24 Sep 2020: There seems little doubt that the economic stressors imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to have increased food poverty – at least in the short term. ... socio-economic position.

22 Jan 2020: My Dad is an Ancient Economic Historian of the Greek world and lectures at the Faculty of Classics.

22 May 2020: Wunder, c. 1832. Credit:This is an abridged and simplified version of Leigh Shaw-Taylor’s Introduction to the Economic History Review’s selection of articles on the history of disease, ... By 1800 the beginning of the mortality revolution was underway

30 Jul 2020: Other articles will explore topics relating to public health, climate, education, inequality, innovation, manufacturing, economics, food, the environment and more.

28 Sep 2020: However, the periods characterised by more prolific volcanism often coincided with times of conflict and economic decline. ... So many factors come into play – politics, economics, culture. But a big eruption that leads to widespread declines in grain

17 Dec 2020: Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events that shape our world: from history to economics, from philosophy to fiction.

8 Sep 2020: The literature of previous centuries contains a rich and diverse mass of vocabularies and conceptual frameworks (theological, artistic, spiritual, medical, domestic, practical, economic) through which people have thought and written about

9 Sep 2020: sciences continue to deliver economic, social and health benefits.

23 Oct 2020: I helped to develop a tiny sensor to test for ammonia gas concentrations in exhaled breath, as it is an indicator of kidney or bowel disease.

6 Jul 2020: Now, DARPA has provided additional funding to test the device’s effectiveness in screening for potential drug candidates for COVID-19 in a safe and effective way.

21 May 2020: In another instance of generosity, two building firms, Mace and Mick George worked together to create a vital walkway to the test centre at short notice, and then waived fees of ... Wilson says that the timely completion of the test centre was only

13 Aug 2020: Of the eight million in the UK who don’t use the internet, 90% suffer from other kinds of economic or social disadvantages.

16 Jun 2020: engaging community, is impactful in terms of jobs, scientific progress and increased economic activity, both locally and for the UK as a whole. ... The insights will help to ensure continued success in delivering economic growth and societal benefits.”.

9 Nov 2020: instead of a stance we adopt when it also suits our political and economic interests.

14 Jul 2020: The team performed 3,388 tests at CUH between 25 April and 24 May. ... Share. Published. 14 Jul 2020. Image. Taking a swab to test for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

9 Dec 2020: by inequalities, increased life expectancies, global mobility and economic models and destruction of our ecosystems.

5 Mar 2020: My PhD research focuses on using machine learning algorithms and network metrics to model urban cities worldwide. A project I led examined the role of network

16 Jan 2020: Broadly, my research explores the reasoning capacity of neural networks. You might have seen these algorithms in action when using automatic face recognition

12 Mar 2020: We use computer models to simulate the atmosphere and its chemical components, so one of my jobs is to test the model results are accurate, by comparing the model output to

3 Aug 2020: Cooper says: “While the disappearance of tourism in 2020 has been a heavy economic blow for Florence, many people don’t want everything to return to how it was before.

3 Jun 2020: Anxiety over serious economic problems – such as job losses and business closures – may be prompting some people to step up existing harmful online activity as a means of generating income. ... Anxiety over serious economic problems – such as job

12 Jun 2020: Eckstein used his commission to capture the social and economic realities of rural Anatolian villages. ... They shed light on the socio-economic conditions of Turkey’s rural population in the early years of the Republic’s existence.

4 Jun 2020: Many lessons have been learnt about our ability and capacity to test for viruses in the UK.

11 Jun 2020: I use mathematical models to generate and test new ideas, provide insights into biological mechanisms, and try to pinpoint the source of diseases. ... This allows us to build epidemiological models at the individual level to test different exit strategies

24 Jun 2020: The programme offered whole-genome sequencing as a diagnostic test to patients with rare diseases across an integrated health system, a world first in clinical genomics. ... Identifying genetic changes in regulatory elements that cause rare disease is

1 Jun 2020: Egg dishes, omelettes in particular, have long been considered a test of culinary skill. ... The work was performed in Cambridge’s Department of Engineering, using a test kitchen supplied by Beko plc and Symphony Group.

11 Jun 2020: Understanding these processes holds potential to reveal the causes of human birth defects and diseases, and to develop tests for these in pregnant women.

28 May 2020: A new rapid COVID-19 test came from a Cambridge spinout. Colleagues in the Department of Engineering have been working to improve access to ventilators, and infection researchers have been supporting

16 Jul 2020: For example, track and test cannot be invented during an epidemic; it has to be in place already.

6 Oct 2020: This year, 137 have been admitted, a rise of just over 50% on the 2019/20 academic year. This represents 4.6% of the total number of UK undergraduates

15 Apr 2020: Higher education textbooks and reference works have been made freely available to students online through their universities, while coronavirus research has

13 Nov 2020: James Charles. The app uses computer vision techniques to read and record the glucose levels, time and date displayed on a typical glucose test via the camera on a mobile phone.

27 Jul 2020: Timothy Whitmarsh. They are among 86 distinguished scholars to be elected to the fellowship in recognition of their work in the fields of law, economics, Middle Eastern studies, geography, history of ... Professor Giancarlo Corsetti (Faculty of Economics;

10 Feb 2020: Dr Rawlins said: “Organoid technology has already been used to study human embryonic development, to test personalised treatments for cystic fibrosis and to replace some of the animals used in drug

9 Dec 2020: Vasco Carvalho, Professor of Macroeconomics and Director of Cambridge-INET, Faculty of Economics. ... This renders a small number of firms and technologies systemic in that they can influence aggregate economic performance.

14 Jul 2020: Depression is often thought to be a risk factor for dementia but this may be because some depression scales used by clinicians and researchers partially assess

23 Jul 2020: This formed part of the largest network of diagnostic testing capability created in British history, including 71 drive-through sites, 15 walk-through sites, 25 satellite test sites, 236 mobile testing ... An innovative new COVID-19 test was also

4 Jun 2020: Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests are currently the most common tool used to diagnose COVID-19, but they are only up to 70% sensitive, meaning there are up

3 Apr 2020: And for those wishing to test their plant knowledge, the team is posting a daily quiz on the Garden’s Twitter and Facebook channels based on popular plants in the collection. ... To test yourself with the daily quiz, follow #CUBGplantquiz or to send

30 Nov 2020: With activities such as how to make a winter insect hotel, and a test to find out whether your memory is as good as a squirrel, this celebration of winter wildlife