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23 Jul 2018: Britain has seen a dramatic transformation in recent years in its attitude towards food. We have gone from being a country ridiculed for its bland, carb-heavy

4 Jun 2018: The study repeatedly ran simulations to gauge the outcomes of numerous combinations of global economic and environmental change. ... Our results show this is no longer the case.”. However, one of the most alarming economic possibilities suggested by

6 Feb 2018: To pass the Turing Test, a computer must fool a human into believing it is human. ... Hernandez-Orallo sees a very practical application of such tests: the future job market.

2 Nov 2018: The University of Cambridge Primary School is committed to improving education for all primary children, everywhere.  READ THE STORY HERE     Also available:

22 Jun 2018: Initial tests of the sensors were used to measure levels of lactate, which is useful in fitness applications or to monitor patients following surgery. ... time. The developed sensor technology can be used with these models to test the potency or toxicity

28 Feb 2018: This has been the decade of AI, with one astonishing feat after another. A chess-playing AI that can defeat not only all human chess players, but also all

4 Dec 2018: Now, in a study involving marmosets, scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified the region of the brain that contributes to this phenomenon, and

27 Apr 2018: The new AI supercomputer is a £10 million partnership between the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Science and Technology

15 Oct 2018: To test their hypothesis, the researchers examined 173 tissue samples from the Newcastle Brain Tissue Resource, part of the MRC’s UK Brain Banks Network.

19 Feb 2018: The international team, led by the University of Cambridge, found that calcium can mediate the interaction between small membranous structures inside nerve

7 May 2018: The international team, led by the University of Cambridge, have found that in the brain, cholesterol acts as a catalyst which triggers the formation of the

24 Sep 2018: To test an experimental gene therapy treatment, which has so far only been tested in human cells grown in petri dishes in a lab, the researchers used a mouse model of

2 Jan 2018: This could take us closer to being able to get an idea of intelligence from brain scans, rather than having to rely on IQ tests. ... rely on IQ tests,” says Professor Ed Bullmore, Head of Psychiatry at Cambridge.

15 Jan 2018: Mitochondrial diseases caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA are rare, affecting approximately 1 in 10,000 births, but can cause severe conditions. For

20 Jul 2018: 1947. Professor Brian Cheffins (Faculty of Law) is to be elected to the fellowship in recognition of his work on the application of economic analysis to the area of company law.

25 Sep 2018: response. Using monoclonal antibodies – copies of antibodies taken from survivors of the target diseases – they can then test whether the body can effectively eliminate these fake viruses, leading to protection. ... They will then carry out toxicity

1 Aug 2018: Polycystic ovary syndrome and autism: A test of the prenatal sex steroid theory.

11 Jun 2018: The team, led by Professor Jussi Taipale, now at the Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge, found that CRISPR-Cas9 triggers a mechanism designed to protect

2 May 2018: He believes that primordial gravitational waves – ripples in spacetime – generated at the exit from eternal inflation constitute the most promising “smoking gun” to test the model.

13 Feb 2018: The combination of world-leading science and cutting-edge technology in Cambridge means that patients are benefiting from new ways to spot and treat the

26 Oct 2018: A physicist with materials science background, he collaborates with biologists and chemists, in the UK and around the world, in order to develop and test drug screening platforms to help reduce

18 Apr 2018: This close proximity between the patients and the researchers will help Floto test the new treatments he is pioneering.

26 Jul 2018: Dr Samantha Williams’ Unmarried Motherhood in the Metropolis: 1700-1850 reveals, using London’s few surviving ‘bastardy books’, how the parishes of Lambeth,

15 Jun 2018: Her study considered the economic, political, legislative and cultural forces that determine the number of women in the boardroom in different countries. ... Female economic power was measured by the expected years of schooling for women, and the

24 Jul 2018: However, a team of researchers who analysed economic and security data from MENA nations in the 16 years leading up to the Arab Spring found no evidence of a trade-off ... They say the study’s findings, published today in the journal Defence and Peace

15 Feb 2018: Cuttlefish and octopuses are remarkable creatures. They have the ability to change their appearance in a matter of seconds, camouflaging themselves from

9 Nov 2018: The results have been published in the journal Science as part of a wide-ranging international study, led by the University of Cambridge, which genetically

16 Apr 2018: Scientists from the University of Cambridge combined objective cognitive tests with questionnaires designed to gauge social and political attitudes in a sample of over 300 UK citizens, to investigate the psychological ... With her Cambridge colleagues Dr

16 Oct 2018: The current battery of cognitive tests that surgeons use is also limited and does not test for the essential executive function, for example. ... A computer algorithm will analyse this information as the patient performs a battery of cognitive tests,

18 Jun 2018: After developing the algorithm with tests on human hip joints from bodies that had been donated for medical research, they found that it exceeded the current ‘gold standard’ of joint imaging

24 Oct 2018: Despite a turbulent political environment, the weakness of sterling added to underlying economic growth.

7 Feb 2018: During an eight-week A/B split test with a retailer, Magnum’s hero images led to a sales increase of 24%.”.

21 Dec 2018: In the popular imagination, robots have been portrayed alternatively as friendly companions or existential threat. But while robots are becoming commonplace in

5 Jan 2018: Five years ago, this type of study would not have been possible, but thanks to recent advances in imaging, we can test which of these hypotheses best agrees with what we

31 May 2018: It will help to contribute to the social and economic development both at local and national levels, and will also enhance the people-to-people exchanges between China and the UK.

24 Apr 2018: The study, published today in BMJ Open, found that women who had these traits did not have anxiety, even if they were living in the most deprived

31 Oct 2018: As part of the Microsoft Research - Cambridge University Machine Learning Initiative, Microsoft will help increase AI and machine learning research capacity

5 Jul 2018: But one close relative of these native dogs lives on in an unexpected place – as a transmissible cancer whose genome is that of the original dog in which it

21 Feb 2018: Globally, stroke is the second leading cause of death. Stroke-related disability burden is on the rise with a 12% increase worldwide since 1990, and contributes to the large economic burden

18 Oct 2018: A new report on the history of safeguarding children detained for criminal offences in the UK has concluded that it is impossible to remove the potential for

30 Nov 2018: These new digital tools, standards and technologies will create new business and export opportunities for the UK infrastructure sector; and ensure that our social and economic infrastructure is designed, built and

7 Nov 2018: Strikingly, on this final test, the rats explored both B and the new object equally – by selectively remembering their experience with A over and over, rats had actively trained themselves to

9 Aug 2018: He took saliva samples to test hormone levels before and after the races.

13 Feb 2018: On any given day, some of the world’s brightest minds in the areas of AI and machine learning can be found riding the train between Cambridge and London King’s

9 Apr 2018: The research also found that the two Tasmanian devil transmissible cancers are very similar to each other, and likely both arose due to susceptibilities

18 Jan 2018: When a mosquito infected with malaria parasites bites someone, it transfers the parasites into their bloodstream via its saliva. These parasites work their way

22 Feb 2018: The announcement comes as CRUK announces an investment of an extra £25 million over the next five years into brain tumour research. This is in addition to the

31 Jul 2018: Entomics is currently working with partners including the University of Stirling, who are world-leading salmon aquaculture experts, to validate and test their products in the field.

23 Jan 2018: Speaking at CREATE’s 10th anniversary event in Singapore, Dr Lim Mei Qi, Project Officer for CARES, explained: “C4T proposes ways of reducing the carbon footprint of Singapore while supporting economic

12 Nov 2018: tests of empathy and will score the same as if not higher than the typical population on tests of systemising. ... The team also calculated the difference (or ‘d-score’) between each individual’s score on the systemising and empathy tests.