Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in populations is the key to controlling them. If the UK was facing a flu pandemic, how could we measure where the greatest spreading risk comes from? This information could help inform decisions on whether to impose travel restrictions or close schools.
A new project has shown that by using existing sources of information about traffic flow it is possible to create a minute-by-minute image of congestion in cities.
The emoticons used on Twitter are a language in themselves and are taking on new and often surprising meanings of their own, according to new research.
Silicon Valley-style tech clusters don't just make social networks - they are also supposed to thrive on them. A new study by a University of Cambridge Gates Scholar found otherwise.
At CRASSH, researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences have the opportunity to intersect, generating fresh thinking and innovation, as Director Professor Mary Jacobus explains.
Efforts to protect the wild tiger should be intensively focused on a few key sites if conservationists are to have any chance of saving it from extinction, a new study says.
The total amount of work done by men and women in the UK is roughly equal, but the bulk of unpaid work is still done by women rather than men. Jacqueline Scott's research examines the societal causes and consequences of that problem and how, slowly, the situation may be changing.
A new survey of the boom in religious broadcasting in the Middle East reveals how the small screen is becoming an increasingly important battlefield in the struggle for people’s hearts and minds.
Some of the most venerable names in European business are to join a research consortium which could usher in a new generation of “iconic” products for people who have difficulty using everyday items.
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