Artificial intelligence has the power to eradicate poverty and disease or hasten the end of human civilisation as we know it – according to a speech delivered by Professor Stephen Hawking this evening.
As more and more crime moves online, computer scientists, criminologists and legal academics have joined forces in Cambridge to improve our understanding and responses to cybercrime, helping governments, businesses and ordinary users construct better defences.
Electron ‘spin’ could hold the key to managing the world’s growing data demands without consuming huge amounts of energy. Now, researchers hav...
An innovative new study takes a network theory approach to targeted treatment in rural Africa, and finds that a simple algorithm may be more effective than curr...
Archaeological research shows that our prehistoric ancestors built resilience into their food supply. Now archaeologists say ‘forgotten’ millet...
Two major research collaborations led by the University of Cambridge have been awarded almost £15 million in funding, the Minister of State for Universiti...
What was life in the fens like in the period known as the dark ages? Archaeologist Susan Oosthuizen revisits the history of an iconic wetland in the light...
Our digital connectivity is rapidly transforming almost every aspect of our working and personal lives. It also raises challenges for cybersecurity, privacy, digital infrastructures, accountability and artificial intelligence. How do we take advantage of our digital world and also protect society from risk?
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