‘Clogged-up’ immune cells help explain smoking risk for TB
24 March 2016Smoking increases an individual’s risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) – and makes the infection worse – because it causes vital immune cells to become clogged...
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Smoking increases an individual’s risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) – and makes the infection worse – because it causes vital immune cells to become clogged...
The University of Cambridge is to launch a major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and transform attitudes...
An individual’s likelihood to donate to charity – and the amount they donate – depends on whether they feel superior or inferior to others, which...
A 3000-year-old ox bone - inscribed with the earliest-known example of Chinese writing - has become the world's first 'oracle bone' to be scanned and...
Visual data will revolutionise the way companies talk to their customers, according to researchers at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
Researchers from Cambridge, IBM and Lund University have discovered how tiny 'nanowires' of a widely-used semiconductor self-assemble. Dr Frances Ross of IBM Research explains how the...
It may seem strange to describe paper as technology, but its arrival in England in about 1300 was a pivotal moment in cultural history. That...
Genetic tests that provide an estimate of an individual’s risk of developing diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease do not appear to motivate...
Katharina Karcher (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages) discusses Germany's regional elections, which saw major gains made by the right-wing populist party.
Observation of the point at which proteins associated with Parkinson’s disease become toxic to brain cells could help identify how and why people develop the...