A new method of implementing an ‘unbreakable’ quantum cryptographic system is able to transmit information at rates more than ten times faster than previous attempts.
An individual’s likelihood to donate to charity – and the amount they donate – depends on whether they feel superior or inferior to others, which has implications for charity advertising strategies, according to new study co-authored at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Students from six Fenland schools are taking part in a programme designed to encourage students interested in engineering and manufacturing.
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 findings could lead to a new crop of nanodevices.
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 disease, and aid in the search for potential treatments.
Michelle Oyen (Department of Engineering) discusses how we could reduce our dependence on "dirty" materials like steel and concrete.
A web-based machine language system solves crossword puzzles far better than commercially-available products, and may help machines better understand language.
Peter Wiliamson (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses the meeting of G20 finance chiefs and the Chinese economy.
Researchers hope that working out the behaviours of soft solids, which can act like either solids or liquids, may make for tastier cakes – and safer oil wells.
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