Cambridge launches Institute for Technology and Humanity
21 November 2023A major interdisciplinary initiative has been launched that aims to meet the challenges and opportunities of new technologies as they emerge, today and far into...
Our brains are not able to ‘rewire’ themselves, despite what most scientists believe, new study argues
21 November 2023Contrary to the commonly-held view, the brain does not have the ability to rewire itself to compensate for the loss of sight, an amputation or...
AI system self-organises to develop features of brains of complex organisms
20 November 2023Cambridge scientists have shown that placing physical constraints on an artificially-intelligent system – in much the same way that the human brain has to develop...
Innovative aquaculture system turns waste wood into nutritious seafood
20 November 2023Researchers hoping to rebrand a marine pest as a nutritious food have developed the world’s first system of farming shipworms, which they have renamed ‘Naked...
Lab-grown ‘small blood vessels’ point to potential treatment for major cause of stroke and vascular dementia
16 November 2023Cambridge scientists have grown small blood vessel-like models in the lab and used them to show how damage to the scaffolding that supports these vessels...
Boom and bust? Millennials aren’t all worse off than Baby Boomers, but the rich-poor gap is widening
16 November 2023A study of over 12,000 people in the US, comparing Baby Boomers and Millennials, raises concerns about Millennials’ diverging financial gains.
Cambridge Dictionary names ‘Hallucinate’ Word of the Year 2023
15 November 2023A new definition of ‘hallucinate’ was one of many AI-related updates to the Cambridge Dictionary in 2023.
UK ‘sugar tax’ linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth extraction
15 November 2023The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have saved more than 5,500 hospital admissions for tooth extractions, according to an analysis by...
‘Bouncing’ comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets
15 November 2023How did the molecular building blocks for life end up on Earth? One long-standing theory is that they could have been delivered by comets. Now,...
COVID-19 showed the importance of genomic surveillance – we need it to help fight antimicrobial resistance
14 November 2023During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomic surveillance proved vital in helping understand the evolution and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Now, an international group of researchers...