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...
Moving a capital city: learning from when the earth moves
14 November 2023Indonesia plans to build a new capital city from scratch. Protecting the new city from the effects of earthquakes will be crucial. Here's how researchers...
The cosmologist solving questions at the boundary of our understanding
13 November 2023Hiranya Peiris is Cambridge’s new Professor of Astrophysics (1909). She discusses being inspired by Stephen Hawking, the unknown space before you arrive at an answer,...
Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same time
13 November 2023A floating, solar-powered device that can turn contaminated water or seawater into clean hydrogen fuel and purified water, anywhere in the world, has been developed...
Making peace
08 November 2023Enterprising Mind João Costa has turned a philosophical idea into a practical tool for resolving real-world conflict.
Why do climate models underestimate polar warming? ‘Invisible clouds’ could be the answer
08 November 2023Stratospheric clouds over the Arctic may explain the differences seen between the polar warming calculated by climate models and actual recordings, according to researchers from...
Opinion: The AI Summit was a promising start – but momentum must be maintained
08 November 2023Given the frenetic pace of AI development, the international consensus demonstrated at the AI Summit is much-needed progress, says AI expert Dr Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh.