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Combination of diabetes and heart disease substantially reduces life…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/combination-of-diabetes-and-heart-disease-substantially-reduces-life-expectancy7 Jul 2015: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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Computer tutor | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/computer-tutor17 Jun 2015: About a billion people worldwide are studying English as a further language, with a projected peak in 2050 of about two billion,” says Briscoe. ... There are 300 million people actively preparing for English exams at any one time.
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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: For people who show compulsive sexual behaviour, though, this becomes a pattern of behaviour beyond their control, focused on pornographic images.”. ... It’s not clear what triggers sex addiction in the first place and it is likely that some people
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Forests could play a vital role in efforts to end global hunger |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/forests-could-play-a-vital-role-in-efforts-to-end-global-hunger6 May 2015: According to the report, close to one in six people directly depend on forests for their food and income. ... We need to recognise claims over food sovereignty which give local people greater control over their food,” notes Vira.
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Men in stripes: spot the difference in early modern woodcuts |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/men-in-stripes-spot-the-difference-in-early-modern-woodcuts16 Jul 2015: At a time when people’s outer appearance was thought to reflect their inner character in a much more direct way than today, artists could use clothing as a visual ‘label’ ... of the governing council, the new middle class of ‘stripy people’
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Study suggests new treatment for impulsivity in some dementia…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-suggests-new-treatment-for-impulsivity-in-some-dementia-patients25 Jun 2015: Laura Hughes. Around 16,000 people in the UK are estimated to be affected by frontotemporal dementia (also known as Pick’s disease). ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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Bad air day? Low-cost pollution detectors to tackle air quality |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/bad-air-day-low-cost-pollution-detectors-to-tackle-air-quality2 Jun 2015: Rod Jones. Rush hour can be maddening. Roads congested with traffic, public transport overcrowded, pavements heaving with people. ... We could see huge variability in the exposure to pollution that people encounter as they move around the urban
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Computer Laboratory: People
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/events/passwords2015/people.html17 Nov 2015: Organization. Steering committee. Per Thorsheim, God Praksis AS (N). Stig F. Mjolsnes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (N). Frank Stajano, University of Cambridge (UK). Organizers. General chair: Per Thorsheim, God Praksis AS (N). -
Portals to the World | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/portals-to-the-world28 Jul 2015: It’s a double whammy,”. she explains. “People say the thing they never expected was the isolation. ... We asked people to create their own, and they produced some exquisite and beautiful things.
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Bringing engineering to life | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/awards/bringing-engineering-to-life18 Jun 2015: Through these activities he has inspired many people on topics as diverse as the science of music to the mechanics of gyroscopes and boomerangs. ... As well as being vital to our future, science, technology, engineering and maths are incredibly good fun,
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Novel Thoughts #7: Carol Brayne on Charles Dickens and George Eliot | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/novel-thoughts-7-carol-brayne-on-charles-dickens-and-george-eliot29 Jun 2015: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Mirage maker | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mirage-maker30 Oct 2015: India. India is the fifth largest producer and consumer of electricity, around 70% of which is based on coal, yet around 200 million people are without access to electricity. ... With a rapidly growing economy and more than 1 billion people, India faces
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Study finds GB’s most extroverted, agreeable and emotionally stable…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-finds-gbs-most-extroverted-agreeable-and-emotionally-stable-regions25 Mar 2015: Overall, the survey found that regions with large proportions of people scoring low in emotional stability had more residents who were working class and physically unhealthy. ... Overall, the results suggested that regions with large numbers of highly
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If poor people don't vote, will their children be poor as well |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/discussion/if-poor-people-dont-vote-will-their-children-be-poor-as-well8 Sep 2015: Search. Search. Discussion. If poor people don't vote, will their children be poor as well. ... If poor people don't vote, will their children be poor as well..
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Phone for a doctor | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/phone-for-a-doctor28 Oct 2015: If you had to individually counsel that many people, it would be unaffordable. ... people at risk of developing diabetes: these are the individuals who are targeted by the text messages.
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Given in evidence | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/given-in-evidence17 Nov 2015: If you don’t do that, the people who are making policy and investment decisions about which technologies, manufacturing processes and sectors to support are doing it in the dark. ... sure that relevant findings from Emerging Industries were
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Women waging peace | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-waging-peace16 Jan 2015: In just a few weeks, more than 2,000 people were killed as Israel launched a military operation in Gaza that left many more thousands of Palestinians homeless and in desperate ... This was also an effort to compel Jewish Israeli women to engage with the
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New study shows artificial pancreas works for length of entire school …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-study-shows-artificial-pancreas-works-for-length-of-entire-school-term17 Sep 2015: Artificial pancreas trials for people at home, work and school have previously been limited to short periods of time. ... Known as ‘having a hypo,’ hypoglycaemia is a drop in blood glucose levels that can be highly dangerous and is what people with
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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: In London, the elephant was an object of great curiosity. Matthew Paris recorded that “people flocked together to see the novel sight”. ... We need to move away from fortress-like protection of elephants and towards a reciprocal relationship
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A glimpse of India | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/a-glimpse-of-india26 Oct 2015: Kevin Greenbank. For most people, owning a mobile phone also means owning a video camera. ... People filming home movies had, therefore, to be more selective about what they filmed.
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The Big Dating Game | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-big-dating-game9 Jun 2015: We have to remember that big data is great, but it isn’t our data: it’s people’s data and we need to be respectful of this. ... People in the UK are often altruistic; we have free blood donation, we have a tremendous tradition of patients giving to
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Herpes virus hijackers | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/herpes-virus-hijackers22 May 2015: Lars Dölken. The common cold sore, caused by herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), is relatively harmless to most people, but for others it can cause life-threatening disease. ... Even in healthy people, in rare cases it can spontaneously cause inflammation
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How hallucinations emerge from trying to make sense of an ambiguous…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/how-hallucinations-emerge-from-trying-to-make-sense-of-an-ambiguous-world12 Oct 2015: It is this ability that scientists at Cardiff University and the University of Cambridge believe could help explain why some people are prone to hallucinations. ... The researchers found a larger performance improvement in people with very early signs of
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To the death | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/to-the-death13 Jul 2015: war as it ought to be, war which is individual combat between two people, in which one either kills or is killed.”. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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More or less ethical | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/more-or-less-ethical19 Nov 2015: negotiations can make people prefer the use of more or less ethical strategies, particularly in areas such as false promises and inappropriate information gathering. ... In negotiations, people adopt different models of what is ethically acceptable for
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Life in the snow forests: 100-year-old photographs reunited with…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/life-in-the-snow-forests-100-year-old-photographs-reunited-with-communities20 Jun 2015: Each photograph tells many, many different stories about the lives of the people, the clothes they wore, the animals they raised and the places they called home. ... Each photograph tells many, many different stories about the lives of the people, the
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From atoms to jet engines – extreme materials on display at summer…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/from-atoms-to-jet-engines-extreme-materials-on-display-at-summer-exhibition30 Jun 2015: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Despite the headlines, dementia epidemic may not actually be getting…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/despite-the-headlines-dementia-epidemic-may-not-actually-be-getting-worse21 Aug 2015: More people are now diagnosed with very early dementia, for example, though it may or may not progress into more severe forms. ... The current dementia prevention advice focuses on what people can do in terms of healthy behaviour and lifestyle: exercise,
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Play’s the thing | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/plays-the-thing4 Aug 2015: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Let’s get statted | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/lets-get-statted3 Jun 2015: People are awash in data,” reflects Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of Information Engineering at Cambridge. ... It’s funny,” he says. “My training is in mathematics and I still get a kick from proving a theorem, but it’s also rewarding to see
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Every breath you take | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/every-breath-you-take18 Aug 2015: For some people, however, even the smallest of exertions – walking to the bathroom, getting dressed, even talking – can bring on a shortness of breath. ... A lot of these people are too breathless to leave the house,” explains Farquhar.
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Speaker spotlight: Professor David Runciman | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/speaker-spotlight-professor-david-runciman23 Sep 2015: General Election, with the most interesting people inside and outside the political arena. ... People who support him say that he will shake things up, which is undoubtedly true.
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Earthquakes without frontiers | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/earthquakes-without-frontiers26 Oct 2015: Between 2 and 2.5 million people have died in earthquakes since 1900. ... It is an additional cost, but it’s a necessity and we need to get that across to people.”.
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Counting on sheep | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/counting-on-sheep10 Jun 2015: Unlike those with Batten disease, people – and sheep – with Huntington’s do not begin showing symptoms until adulthood. ... Morton has herself encountered extreme examples of such people in the past and has faced death threats because of her work.
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Forty new US Gates Cambridge Scholars announced | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/awards/forty-new-us-gates-cambridge-scholars-announced11 Feb 2015: Forty of the most academically brilliant and socially committed young people in the US will take up a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge this autumn.
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Thinking inside the box | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/thinking-inside-the-box31 Mar 2015: project constraints that prevent exploration, and organisational cultures that give people ownership of their ideas, which gives them the incentive to defend them. ... Common factors that prevent fixation include diverse teams, making and testing models
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Cities at risk | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cities-at-risk7 Sep 2015: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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A democratic cacophony | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-democratic-cacophony23 Oct 2015: This is particularly potent when young people should be opening up, not closing down. ... She contends that attachments to people, rather than ‘left’ or ‘right’, is what draws many into political life and shapes political loyalties.
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Sports calibrated | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/sports-calibrated6 Feb 2015: How many other people filmed exactly the same thing but from different vantage points? ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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A whole host of options | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-whole-host-of-options9 Oct 2015: What most people don’t realise is that about 40% of human TB occurs outside the lungs. ... Image. Picture to educate people in villages that have no medical service about the spread of TB.
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Refugee camp entrepreneurship | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/refugee-camp-entrepreneurship17 Sep 2015: Although most refugee camps are initially set up to provide supposedly “temporary” safety for people uprooted by war, natural disaster or other events, the reality is that many forcibly displaced people ... A paper from Cambridge researchers calls on
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The rise of the takeaway | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-rise-of-the-takeaway2 Apr 2015: Frequent consumption of takeaway food has been associated with excess weight gain over time.Previous studies have shown that people of low socioeconomic status and living in deprived areas are more ... The researchers then mapped these onto electoral
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Cambridge and India | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/cambridge-and-india5 Oct 2015: India faces significant environment and development challenges, for the provision of energy, water and food security to its people, and ensuring safe, sustainable and dignified livelihoods in the context of environmental ... Please read our email privacy
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Words for mud and mountain, wind and wetland: answers on a postcard,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/words-for-mud-and-mountain-wind-and-wetland-answers-on-a-postcard-please1 Apr 2015: He wasn’t sure whether people still sent postcards. They do. The cards reproduced here (with permission from senders) are just a few of the dozens that have found their way ... Macfarlane would like more people to write to him with their word-gifts.
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What is a monster? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/what-is-a-monster7 Sep 2015: The word conjures up figures from gothic horror, such as Frankenstein or Dracula, classical images of exotic peoples with no heads or grotesquely exaggerated features, and the kinds of impossible chimerical ... Please read our email privacy notice for
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Seasonal immunity: Activity of thousands of genes differs from winter …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/seasonal-immunity-activity-of-thousands-of-genes-differs-from-winter-to-summer12 May 2015: 000 people living in both the northern and southern hemispheres, in countries including the UK, USA, Iceland, Australia and The Gambia. ... understand from vitamin D, it is perhaps understandable that people want to head off for some ‘winter sun’ to
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Not a drop to drink | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/not-a-drop-to-drink19 Oct 2015: What we’ve been doing is looking at the underpinning science, seeing what the political and social issues might be, and then working with the relevant people who can intervene and ... Today, the work of the dhobi is supplemented by washing machines and
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Mining for Corruption | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mining-for-corruption15 Jun 2015: Corruption is probably the number one complaint about people in power, but there were no really objective ways to measure corruption,” explains King. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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A real piece of work | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-real-piece-of-work16 Jun 2015: That is a fairly widespread view of our work. I’ve always felt that you can do more with historical research than people think, but I never thought that we could ... Textbook orthodoxy says that, before the industrial revolution, most people in Britain
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A touch of frugal genius | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-touch-of-frugal-genius15 Oct 2015: In a country where 500 million people live without reliable electricity, Prajapati realised that his clay fridge could provide huge health benefits by keeping food cool without the need for electricity ... Realising that access to expensive medical
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