How sure is sure? Incorporating human error into machine learning
10 August 2023Researchers are developing a way to incorporate one of the most human of characteristics – uncertainty – into machine learning systems.
Treatments for poxviruses – including those causing mpox and smallpox – may already exist in licensed drugs
09 August 2023Scientists have discovered how poxviruses evade natural defences in living cells, and realised that drugs to stop them doing this are already available.
Brain’s ‘appetite control centre’ different in people who are overweight or living with obesity
08 August 2023Cambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of people who are overweight and people with obesity when compared to people who are a healthy weight.
Stealth swimmers: fish hide behind others to hunt
07 August 2023An experiment on coral reefs provides the first evidence that predators use other animals for motion camouflage to approach their prey without detection.
Robots cause company profits to fall – at least at first
03 August 2023Researchers have found that robots can have a ‘U-shaped’ effect on profits: causing profit margins to fall at first, before eventually rising again.
The Mastercard Foundation class of '23
03 August 2023We talk to some of Cambridge's Mastercard Foundation students, who are hoping to change the world.
Cambridge researchers awarded ERC funding to support commercial potential of their work
02 August 2023University of Cambridge researchers have been awarded Proof of Concept grants from the European Research Council (ERC), to help them explore the commercial or societal potential of their research. The funding is part of the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe.
Genetic variant linked to lower levels of HIV virus in people of African ancestry
02 August 2023An international team of researchers has found a genetic variant that may explain why some people of African ancestry have naturally lower viral loads of HIV, reducing their risk of transmitting the virus and slowing progress of their own illness.
Stormzy Scholarships
29 July 202336 new Stormzy Scholarships are to be awarded to Black students over the next three years, bringing the total number to 81 over eight years (2018-26).
Scottish rocks to play a key role in Mars space mission
28 July 2023Ancient rocks from the Isle of Rum in northwest Scotland are playing an important role in an international space mission to discover more about Mars.
