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The British Academy welcomes new Fellows for 2015 | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-british-academy-welcomes-new-fellows-for-201516 Jul 2015: Professor Sanjeev Goyal – Professor of Economics and Fellow of Christ’s College. ... It funds research across the UK and in other parts of the world, in disciplines ranging from archaeology to economics, from psychology to history, and from
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Watching the death throes of tumours | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/watching-the-death-throes-of-tumours25 Feb 2015: There was a time when diagnosing and treating cancer seemed straightforward. Cancer of the breast was breast cancer, for example, and doctors could only choose
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Subterfuge, double agents and viruses | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/subterfuge-double-agents-and-viruses20 Feb 2015: To test whether the poxvirus proteins share a common ancestor, we systematically compared them with all the cellular pro-survival molecules that regulate apoptosis.
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Fighting cancer: Animal research at Cambridge | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fighting-cancer-animal-research-at-cambridge24 Apr 2015: Animal research plays an essential role in our understanding of health and disease and in the development of modern medicines and surgical techniques. Without
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Predators might not be dazzled by stripes | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/predators-might-not-be-dazzled-by-stripes12 Aug 2015: A total of 60 human participants played a game to test whether stripes influenced their perception of moving targets.
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What research would enhance business sustainability? | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/what-research-would-enhance-business-sustainability15 May 2015: The project is part of the Nexus Network, an extensive network coordinated by CISL, the University of Sussex and the University of East Anglia, and supported by the Economic and Social
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Greater understanding of polycystic ovary syndrome | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/greater-understanding-of-polycystic-ovary-syndrome29 Sep 2015: We recommend that new studies should be done to test whether more intensive efforts to reduce body weight and improve insulin resistance are effective in treating women with PCOS.”.
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Cooperative communities emerge in transparent social networks |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cooperative-communities-emerge-in-transparent-social-networks9 Mar 2015: Economics and Queens’ College at the University of Cambridge.
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New insights found in black hole collisions | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-insights-found-in-black-hole-collisions27 Mar 2015: Around the same time, the LISA Pathfinder mission will be launched as a test mission for establishing a gravitational wave detector of unprecedented sensitivity in space.
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Your Questions Answered on open access | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/your-questions-answered-on-open-access23 Oct 2015: Tom Cochrane: Open access has three points of origin. These, in no particular order, are the interests of the researcher in greater exposure and readership; the distorted economics of the price
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Acting ‘out of character’ in the workplace | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/acting-out-of-character-in-the-workplace20 Feb 2015: We are often typecast as introverts and extroverts. People do have biological propensities to behave in certain ways; some of us are naturally more talkative
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On the trail of history’s biggest killers | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/on-the-trail-of-historys-biggest-killers6 Mar 2015: Diseases such as bubonic plague, smallpox, or scurvy, killed so many and caused such misery that they are still household names today, even if for most of us
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New research leaves tumours with nowhere to hide | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-research-leaves-tumours-with-nowhere-to-hide24 Sep 2015: The small tumours concealed in the adrenal gland are “unmasked” in early pregnancy, when a sudden surge of hormones fires them into life, leading to raised
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Why does the kingfisher have blue feathers? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/why-does-the-kingfisher-have-blue-feathers12 Aug 2015: Furthermore, its reflective properties stand the test of time in a remarkable way: a Pollia fruit, locked in a seed drawer at Kew Gardens for 100 years, had lost none of
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African universities reap fruits of fly research | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/african-universities-reap-fruits-of-fly-research10 Jul 2015: Drosophila melanogaster, better known as the humble fruit fly, has emerged as the unlikely basis of an attempt to help to stem a “brain drain” from African
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Even without lungs, zebrafish help us study TB | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/even-without-lungs-zebrafish-help-us-study-tb25 Nov 2015: We now need to put to the test our ideas for helping the immune system by trying out a list of available drugs – and, in the initial stages of the research,
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Tired of London? Maybe it’s time to change postal districts |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tired-of-london-maybe-its-time-to-change-postal-districts12 Jan 2015: Jason Rentfrow. Between 2009 and 2011, the BBC collected data from almost 590,000 people as part of its Big Personality Test.
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Molecular inhibitor breaks cycle that leads to Alzheimer’s |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/molecular-inhibitor-breaks-cycle-that-leads-to-alzheimers16 Feb 2015: Lab tests, however, revealed that when this molecular chaperone encounters an amyloid fibril, it binds itself to catalytic sites on its surface. ... The research team then carried out further tests in which living mouse brain tissue was exposed to amyloid
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Alice through the ages: revisiting a classic at 150 | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/alice-through-the-ages-revisiting-a-classic-at-15014 Sep 2015: Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece was first published in July 1865 and has never been out of print. Its remarkable appeal is marked this week by a programme of
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Preparing social scientists for the world of big data | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/preparing-social-scientists-for-the-world-of-big-data18 Jun 2015: The increasing ubiquity of big data in the social sciences stems not just from the increasing use of massive datasets in areas such as education and economics, but also to a ... Some subjects, such as Psychology and Economics, already have all students
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Can the Revolution in Kurdish Syria succeed? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/can-the-revolution-in-kurdish-syria-succeed2 Feb 2015: political parties, and the self-government in charge of economic development, healthcare, and foreign affairs.
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Opinion: Can the EU keep the peace in Europe? Not a chance |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-can-the-eu-keep-the-peace-in-europe-not-a-chance28 Oct 2015: Look at Britain’s Stop-Go economic experience of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Today’s EU has its roots in economic crisis, not in economic success.
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Should breast implants come with a health warning? | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/should-breast-implants-come-with-a-health-warning18 Mar 2015: “Breast implants to carry cancer warning” read the headline of an article on the MailOnline website today. This follows the outcome of a study by the French
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New insights into the dynamics of past climate change | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-insights-into-the-dynamics-of-past-climate-change14 Oct 2015: However, much more research is needed in this area. The study's findings could help test and improve climate models that are run for both past and future conditions.
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Second contagious form of cancer found in Tasmanian devils |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/second-contagious-form-of-cancer-found-in-tasmanian-devils28 Dec 2015: The discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, calls into question our current understanding of the processes that
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Fifteen new breast cancer genetic risk ‘hot-spots’ revealed |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fifteen-new-breast-cancer-genetic-risk-hot-spots-revealed9 Mar 2015: In a study funded by Cancer Research UK, scientists compared tiny variations in the genetic make-up of more than 120,000 women of European ancestry, with and
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Too big to cry: when war ended, the damage began | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/too-big-to-cry-when-war-ended-the-damage-began7 Nov 2015: When we think of the First World War, we remember the many millions of men who died. But, as dangerous it was to be a soldier in the horror of the trenches, it
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Colour-morphing reef fish is a 'wolf in sheep's clothing' …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/colour-morphing-reef-fish-is-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing19 Mar 2015: The team conducted lab experiments with adult and juvenile damselfish to test whether this colour change affects dottyback hunting success.
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Blood markers could help predict outcome of infant heart surgery |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/blood-markers-could-help-predict-outcome-of-infant-heart-surgery6 May 2015: More research is now required to see whether such a test could give doctors that early warning sign that urgent treatment is needed.”.
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Shopping vouchers could help one in five pregnant women quit smoking…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/shopping-vouchers-could-help-one-in-five-pregnant-women-quit-smoking26 Feb 2015: tests at enrolment, 28 and 36 weeks into pregnancy and then two days and six months after the birth of their child. ... Urinary or salivary tests suggested that ten women (4%) had smoked cigarettes whilst claiming vouchers.
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New microscopic imaging technology reveals origins of leukaemia |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-microscopic-imaging-technology-reveals-origins-of-leukaemia19 Oct 2015: The researchers studied tiny protein-producing factories, called ribosomes, isolated from cells. They capitalised on improvements made at the LMB to a
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Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/elephants-and-humans-a-love-affair-over-1300-years1 Jul 2015: Scroll to the end of the article to listen to the podcast. The Parker Library (Corpus Christi College) is proud of its elephants. At least five illustrations
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Body’s ‘serial killers’ captured on film destroying cancer cells |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bodys-serial-killers-captured-on-film-destroying-cancer-cells19 May 2015: In a study published today in the journal Immunity, a collaboration of researchers from the UK and the USA, led by Professor Gillian Griffiths at the
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Naked Mole-Rats: are these rodents immune to cancer? | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/naked-mole-rats-are-these-rodents-immune-to-cancer2 Sep 2015: Scroll to the end of the article to listen to the podcast. ‘Bizarre’ is a kinder word than ‘ugly’ and may be a more accurate description when it comes to a
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Birds ‘cry hawk’ to give offspring chance to escape predators |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/birds-cry-hawk-to-give-offspring-chance-to-escape-predators3 Jun 2015: They devised a series of experiments in which they placed stuffed currawongs in front of thornbill nests to test when thornbills use such trickery, followed by experiments testing how currawongs respond
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Opinion: What your musical taste says about your personality |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-what-your-musical-taste-says-about-your-personality30 Nov 2015: trauma. If you want to find out how you score on musical ability, preferences, and personality, you can take these tests atPhD candidate, psychology, University of Cambridge.
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‘Virtual fossil’ reveals last common ancestor of humans and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/virtual-fossil-reveals-last-common-ancestor-of-humans-and-neanderthals18 Dec 2015: Our models are not the exact truth, but in the absence of fossils these new methods can be used to test hypotheses for any palaeontological question, whether it is horses or
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Families with a difference: the reality behind the hype | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/families-with-a-difference-the-reality-behind-the-hype12 Mar 2015: Over the past 40 years the family has altered in ways that few people imagined back in the days of the Janet and John reading books in which mummy baked and
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MRSA contamination found in supermarket sausages and minced pork |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mrsa-contamination-found-in-supermarket-sausages-and-minced-pork18 Jun 2015: As the tests use a highly sensitive method of detection of bacterial contamination, the numbers of MRSA bacteria present may be low.
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‘Unprecedented’ storms and floods are more common than we think |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/unprecedented-storms-and-floods-are-more-common-than-we-think9 Dec 2015: and erosion remodels our coastline – with large economic and social costs.
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Big data shows the graduate pay premium is bigger for women |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/big-data-shows-the-graduate-pay-premium-is-bigger-for-women25 Sep 2015: So it also appears that higher education provided some protection from the economic downturn.
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‘Traditional authority’ linked to rates of deforestation in Africa |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/traditional-authority-linked-to-rates-of-deforestation-in-africa24 Nov 2015: economic gains.
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Online porn may feed sex addicts’ desire for new sexual images |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/online-porn-may-feed-sex-addicts-desire-for-new-sexual-images23 Nov 2015: The researchers carried out a further test where 20 sex addicts and 20 matched healthy volunteers underwent brain scans while being shown a series of repeated images – an undressed woman, a
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Mongolia: unravelling the troubled narratives of a nation |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mongolia-unravelling-the-troubled-narratives-of-a-nation27 Feb 2015: Buddhism, in the shape of over 700 monasteries populated by some 80,000 lamas, had for centuries exerted an influence that extended deep into politics, economics and everyday life, rather in
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Engineering atoms inside the jet engine: the Great British Take Off | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/engineering-atoms-inside-the-jet-engine-the-great-british-take-off29 Jun 2015: The researchers melt together precise amounts of each of the different elements to obtain a 5cm bar, then exhaustively test the bar’s mechanical properties and analyse its microscopic structure. ... test each reasonable mixture of components.
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New index of children’s ‘school readiness’ highlights importance of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-index-of-childrens-school-readiness-highlights-importance-of-family-support28 May 2015: The tests due to be introduced in September are not what teachers need: they are labour-intensive and potentially stressful for four-year-olds. ... These tests seek to provide baseline assessments of a child’s ‘school readiness.’ However, the
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How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-yaks-and-humans-have-lived-in-partnership-for-centuries18 Nov 2015: Scroll to the end of the article to listen to the podcast. “It was already looking at me when I saw it. As it started moving down the hill towards me, I was
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Cambridge's Chemistry of Health programme awarded £17 million in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridges-chemistry-of-health-programme-awarded-ps17-million-in-funding25 Mar 2015: Seven university research projects from across the UK will receive over £100 million of investment in 2016-17, to drive innovation and economic growth. ... UK universities tackle major national and global challenges, and make a significant contribution
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New origami-like material may help prevent brain injuries in sport |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-origami-like-material-may-help-prevent-brain-injuries-in-sport23 Dec 2015: of Standards and Technology, to develop and test their material over the next 12 months.
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‘Brain training’ app may improve memory and daily functioning in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-training-app-may-improve-memory-and-daily-functioning-in-schizophrenia3 Aug 2015: At the end of the four weeks, the researchers tested all participants’ episodic memory using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) PAL, as well as their level of enjoyment and ... the CANTAB PAL test relative to the control
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