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Opinion: Why is the norovirus such a huge problem for the NHS? |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-why-is-the-norovirus-such-a-huge-problem-for-the-nhs13 Jan 2017: The people most at risk from norovirus are the very young, the elderly and people with impaired immune systems (those said to be immunocompromised). ... The most a visit in person is likely to achieve is to spread the virus to other people.
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The man who tried to read all the books in the world | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-man-who-tried-to-read-all-the-books-in-the-world26 Oct 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Pox populi: Study calculates 18th century syphilis rates for first…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/pox-populi-study-calculates-18th-century-syphilis-rates-for-first-time14 Sep 2017: picture of the rate at which people were contracting syphilis, then known as “the pox”. ... 8.65 times more likely to contract the disease compared with people living in the surrounding 290 square miles of countryside.
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Concerns over wasting doctor’s time may affect decision to see GP |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/concerns-over-wasting-doctors-time-may-affect-decision-to-see-gp7 Feb 2017: The authors consider the reasons why people appear concerned about timewasting. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Opinion: Want to eradicate viruses? They made us who we are |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-want-to-eradicate-viruses-they-made-us-who-we-are28 Feb 2017: Sure, a sperm is an essential step towards creating a person, but few people would argue that a sperm or unfertilised egg should be described as the finished product. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Ancient fish scales and vertebrate teeth share an embryonic origin |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ancient-fish-scales-and-vertebrate-teeth-share-an-embryonic-origin20 Nov 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Cambridge celebrates ‘long-standing and deep-rooted’ relationship…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-celebrates-long-standing-and-deep-rooted-relationship-with-india22 Feb 2017: A series of profiles – This Cambridge-Indian Life – will look at the people at the heart of the relationship between Cambridge and India: Indian scholars and students who study at Cambridge,
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Sharpening our knowledge of prehistory on East Africa’s bone harpoons …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/sharpening-our-knowledge-of-prehistory-on-east-africas-bone-harpoons20 Feb 2017: 10,000 years ago at the site of Nataruk – the earliest record of inter-group violence among prehistoric nomadic people. ... Searching for patterns in functionality could reveal whether design and material varied for different prey and how creative the
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£85 million gift from the Dolby family to transform Cambridge science …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ps85-million-gift-from-the-dolby-family-to-transform-cambridge-science6 Dec 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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Opinion: Mozambique's unexpected truce still hangs in the balance …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-mozambiques-unexpected-truce-still-hangs-in-the-balance20 Jan 2017: This squandering of state resources has had consequences for Mozambique’s development indicators: half of rural people live below the poverty line, a figure barely reduced since 2003. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects.
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Ancient faeces reveal parasites described in earliest Greek medical…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ancient-faeces-reveal-parasites-described-in-earliest-greek-medical-texts15 Dec 2017: He became famous for developing the concept of humoural theory to explain why people became ill. ... The researchers say that this new archaeological evidence identifies beyond doubt some of the species of parasites that infected people in the region.
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New insights into how the Zika virus causes brain birth defect |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-insights-into-how-the-zika-virus-causes-brain-birth-defect1 Jun 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Defects in next-generation solar cells can be healed with light |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/defects-in-next-generation-solar-cells-can-be-healed-with-light6 Sep 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Genetic study suggests present-day Lebanese descend from biblical…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/genetic-study-suggests-present-day-lebanese-descend-from-biblical-canaanites27 Jul 2017: In the first study of its kind, an international team of scientists have uncovered the genetics of the Canaanite people and a firm link with people living in Lebanon today. ... This study in particular provides previously inaccessible information about a
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'Selfish brain' wins out when competing with muscle power,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/selfish-brain-wins-out-when-competing-with-muscle-power-study-finds20 Oct 2017: The selfish nature of the brain has been observed in the unique preservation of brain mass as bodies waste away in people suffering from long-term malnutrition or starvation, as well ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Human reproduction likely to be more efficient than previously…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/human-reproduction-likely-to-be-more-efficient-than-previously-thought13 Jun 2017: What happens before then under natural circumstances is anyone’s guess.”. In 1938, two doctors in Boston, Dr Arthur Hertig and Dr John Rock, became the first people to see a ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Global teamwork brings low-cost test for Weil's disease a step…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/global-teamwork-brings-low-cost-test-for-weils-disease-a-step-closer10 Jul 2017: Lisa Hall. Each year an estimated 1.03 million people around the world, many of them in poor countries, contract leptospirosis, with 58,900 of these infections resulting in death. ... The test has the potential to transform the way we diagnose and treat
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Fastest stars in the Milky Way are ‘runaways’ from another galaxy |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fastest-stars-in-the-milky-way-are-runaways-from-another-galaxy5 Jul 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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Cambridge scientist leading UK’s £65m scientific collaboration with…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-scientist-leading-uks-ps65m-scientific-collaboration-with-us21 Sep 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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The Billingford Hutch and the moonwort fern – a medieval mystery…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-billingford-hutch-and-the-moonwort-fern-a-medieval-mystery-solved10 Dec 2017: This some laugh to scorn, and those no small fools neither; but country people, that I know, call it Unshoe the Horse.” Moonwort is also mentioned by dramatist Ben Jonson as ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Opinion: How we can make super-fast hyperloop travel a reality |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-how-we-can-make-super-fast-hyperloop-travel-a-reality13 Jan 2017: But the acceleration of an aircraft during takeoff is typically around 0.4G, and most people are happy with that. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Cambridge-Africa Programme: 58 institutions, 26 countries, and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/cambridge-africa-programme-58-institutions-26-countries-and-growing6 Feb 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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Microhabitats enhance butterfly diversity in nature’s imitation game…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/microhabitats-enhance-butterfly-diversity-in-natures-imitation-game24 May 2017: The study, by an international team of researchers, attempts to explain why, even though butterfly species have evolved to mimic one another’s wing patterns to
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A rare discovery will shed new light on Mycenaean funerary practices…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-rare-discovery-will-shed-new-light-on-mycenaean-funerary-practices14 Sep 2017: Most contain many burials, making an association between individual people and objects very difficult or impossible,” said Dr Yannis Galanakis of Cambridge’s Faculty of Classics, co-director of the ... Please read our email privacy notice for details.
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Opinion: Dairy got the all-clear this week - but was it justified? |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-dairy-got-the-all-clear-this-week-but-was-it-justified17 May 2017: Each of the studies had asked healthy people about their usual diet and then followed them up over five to 25 years. ... Most dietary research relies on people reporting their dietary habits, and this can be prone to error and inaccuracies, which can
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Poet, activist, bird watcher: exploring John Clare as nature writer | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/poet-activist-bird-watcher-exploring-john-clare-as-nature-writer29 Aug 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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New study identifies possible early warning signs of Huntington’s…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-study-identifies-possible-early-warning-signs-of-huntingtons-disease23 Feb 2017: Huntington’s disease affects more than 6,700 people in the UK. It is an incurable neurodegenerative disease: patients typically die 10-25 years after diagnosis. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-harness-solar-power-to-produce-clean-hydrogen-from-biomass14 Mar 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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Casting light on the dark ages: Anglo-Saxon fenland is re-imagined |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/casting-light-on-the-dark-ages-anglo-saxon-fenland-is-re-imagined21 Jul 2017: Settlements, fields and artifacts can be distinguished by status,” argues Oosthuizen, “but not by the cultural background of the people to whom they belonged.”. ... Old English, vernacular Latin and (to a lesser extent) British Celtic place-names
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Conservationists’ eco-footprints suggest education alone won’t change …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/conservationists-eco-footprints-suggest-education-alone-wont-change-behaviour10 Oct 2017: Overall footprint scores were higher for males, US nationals, economists, and people with higher degrees and larger incomes, but were unrelated to environmental knowledge. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Winton Symposium tackles the challenge of energy storage and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/winton-symposium-tackles-the-challenge-of-energy-storage-and-distribution11 Oct 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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Meeting local needs: how the Fens can learn from research in Africa | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/meeting-local-needs-how-the-fens-can-learn-from-research-in-africa3 Mar 2017: People were dying from opportunistic infections which most of us were not at risk of or could fend off with adequate treatment. ... No longer did it carry a death sentence; for the majority of people, if diagnosed early enough, it could now be managed as
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Opinion: China has no good options for dealing with North Korea |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-china-has-no-good-options-for-dealing-with-north-korea5 Sep 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Pilot programme encourages researchers to share the code behind their …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/pilot-programme-encourages-researchers-to-share-the-code-behind-their-work2 Jun 2017: We hope that when people do not share code it might be seen as ‘having something to hide,’ although people may regard the code as ‘theirs’ and their IP, rather than ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Scientists discover two repurposed drugs that arrest…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-discover-two-repurposed-drugs-that-arrest-neurodegeneration-in-mice20 Apr 2017: brain cells in mice with neurodegeneration also applies to people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. ... This research is at a very early stage and has not yet been tested in people - but as one of the drugs is already
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Revealing the personal side of the atomic scientist who changed the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/revealing-the-personal-side-of-the-atomic-scientist-who-changed-the-world22 Sep 2017: believed in the fellowship of man and did much to foster understanding between people and nations.”. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Domestic abuse ‘workshops’ reduce repeat offending and harm to public …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/domestic-abuse-workshops-reduce-repeat-offending-and-harm-to-public-study16 Aug 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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Opinion: How epigenetics may help us slow down the ageing clock |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-how-epigenetics-may-help-us-slow-down-the-ageing-clock12 May 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Cambridge BRAINFest 2017 kicks off a weekend celebrating the wonders…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-brainfest-2017-kicks-off-a-weekend-celebrating-the-wonders-of-the-brain23 Jun 2017: Those wishing to stretch their legs as well as their minds can pick up a ‘Neurotrail’ map at the Corn Exchange, which will lead them around the places, people, and discoveries ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Biosocial science: The murky history of the nature and nurture debate …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/biosocial-science-the-murky-history-of-the-nature-and-nurture-debate23 Jan 2017: Such mixing of the traditionally hard and social sciences has produced studies in sociogenomics examining how high taxation of tobacco products meant to discourage people from purchasing harmful products may not ... Please read our email privacy notice
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Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/detect-lock-on-intercept-the-remarkable-hunting-ability-of-the-robber-fly9 Mar 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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DNA from Viking cod bones suggests 1,000 years of European fish trade …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/dna-from-viking-cod-bones-suggests-1000-years-of-european-fish-trade7 Aug 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. People.
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Viral charity campaigns have a psychological 'recipe' and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/viral-charity-campaigns-have-a-psychological-recipe-and-all-too-brief-lifespan13 Feb 2017: phenomenon he has labelled “viral altruism” – and what might make them stick in people’s minds. ... Similarly, people often respond to social injustice, such as genocide, with strong moral outrage.".
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Crohn’s disease risk and prognosis determined by different genes,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/crohns-disease-risk-and-prognosis-determined-by-different-genes-study-finds9 Jan 2017: This is an exciting breakthrough which offers new hope for people who suffer every day from Crohn's and Colitis,” says Dr Wendy Edwards, Research Manager at Crohn’s and Colitis ... UK. “The research sheds new light on why some people with
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Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences aims to create…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-academy-of-therapeutic-sciences-aims-to-create-world-leading-industry-academia9 Mar 2017: With CATS, we will develop a way of fostering and supporting the community in and around Cambridge to develop new concepts, deliver new knowledge, and to produce people who are better ... and to produce people who are better educated in all elements of
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#EarthOptimism: Recovering species must be celebrated or we risk…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/earthoptimism-recovering-species-must-be-celebrated-or-we-risk-reversing-progress20 Apr 2017: Empowering people with practical suggestions is key to understanding we are all part of the solution.”. ... You have to show people that their actions can change the world,” he says.
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Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/prehistoric-humans-are-likely-to-have-formed-mating-networks-to-avoid-inbreeding5 Oct 2017: What this means is that even people in the Upper Palaeolithic, who were living in tiny groups, understood the importance of avoiding inbreeding,” he said. ... The people at Sunghir may have been part of a network similar to that of modern day
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Visualising the genome: researchers create first 3D structures of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/visualising-the-genome-researchers-create-first-3d-structures-of-active-dna13 Mar 2017: Most people are familiar with the well-known ‘X’ shape of chromosomes, but in fact chromosomes only take on this shape when the cell divides. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Encouragement from teachers has greatest influence on less advantaged …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/encouragement-from-teachers-has-greatest-influence-on-less-advantaged-children28 Mar 2017: When people speak of a positive school experience, they frequently cite a personal relationship with a teacher, and the encouragement they were given. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Elephants’ ‘body awareness’ adds to increasing evidence of their…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/elephants-body-awareness-adds-to-increasing-evidence-of-their-intelligence12 Apr 2017: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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