University of Cambridge launches Inspiring Scientists widening participation programme
24 February 2022Sixth-formers spend half-term in Cambridge labs as part of new Inspiring Scientists programme
Digital manufacturing on a shoestring
24 February 2022How approaches to low-cost digitalisation pioneered by Cambridge researchers are helping smaller UK manufacturers to go digital and reap the rewards of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Risks of using AI to grow our food are substantial and must not be ignored, warn researchers
23 February 2022Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping confront the challenge of feeding our growing global population in a sustainable way. But researchers warn that using new AI technologies at scale holds huge risks that are not being considered.
Drug-screening spin-out secures new funding
23 February 2022A University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory, combines materials engineering and cell biology to help biopharma companies make better medicines, faster. It announced today that it has closed a £2.14 million seed funding round.
Genomic study shows that England’s travel quarantine measures were effective – up to a limit
23 February 2022Fourteen-day quarantine measures imposed on incoming travellers returning to England in summer 2020 helped prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, particularly among 16-20 year olds, say a team led by Cambridge scientists.
One in three young people say they felt happier during lockdown
22 February 2022One in three young people say their mental health and wellbeing improved during COVID-19 lockdown measures, with potential contributing factors including feeling less lonely, avoiding bullying and getting more sleep and exercise, according to researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
Investment in languages education could return double for UK economy
22 February 2022An increase in secondary school pupils learning Arabic, Mandarin, French or Spanish could boost the UK economy by billions of pounds over 30 years, according to new research. The study warns that the ongoing decline in language learning in UK schools is undermining the country's ability to compete internationally.
Ukraine needs solidarity not ‘Crimnesia'
22 February 2022Cambridge's associate professor of Ukrainian studies places the country's current crisis in historical and regional context, offering chilling warnings and surprising sources of hope from the aftermath of Stalin’s “Crimean atrocity”
Accelerating melt rate makes Greenland Ice Sheet world’s largest ‘dam’
21 February 2022The world’s second-largest ice sheet is melting from the bottom up – and generating huge amounts of heat from hydropower.
Cambridge spin-out receives European Innovation Council grant to develop cancer imaging technologies
21 February 2022Spin-off company Cambridge Raman Imaging Ltd. and the Cambridge Graphene Centre will lead ‘CHARM’ project, recently awarded with €3.2 million
