Artificial intelligence is growing up fast: what’s next for thinking machines?
06 February 2018Our lives are already enhanced by AI – or at least an AI in its infancy – with technologies using algorithms that help them to...
How Japan’s ‘salaryman’ is becoming cool
02 February 2018Japanese men are becoming cool. The suit-and-tie salaryman remodels himself with beauty treatments and 'cool biz' fashion. Loyal company soldiers are reborn as cool,...
Preparing for the future: artificial intelligence and us
02 February 2018Today we begin a month-long focus on research related to artificial intelligence. Here, four researchers reflect on the power of a technology to impact nearly every...
Trumpington Cross goes on display for the first time
01 February 2018Extremely rare, early Christian gold cross, gifted to Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
“Our weapon is public opinion”
01 February 2018One of the largest surviving collections of suffrage posters from the early twentieth century are housed in Cambridge University Library’s famous tower.
Zero gravity graphene promises success in space
31 January 2018In a series of experiments conducted last month, Cambridge researchers experienced weightlessness testing graphene’s application in space.
£42m new research institute to boost evidence on improving care in the NHS
31 January 2018A new research institute launching today is seeking to create a world-leading asset for the NHS by improving the science behind healthcare organisation and delivery.
Think of honeybees as ‘livestock’ not wildlife, argue experts
25 January 2018Contrary to public perception, die-offs in honeybee colonies are an agricultural not a conservation issue, argue Cambridge researchers, who say that manged honeybees may contribute...
Frozen in time: glacial archaeology on the roof of Norway
24 January 2018Artefacts revealed by melting ice patches in the high mountains of Oppland shed new light on ancient high-altitude hunting.