Tackling COVID-19: Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
22 October 2020Her plans to study the effects of social isolation on adolescents have become particularly pertinent this year. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is a cognitive neuroscientist who has...
Unexpected experiences: Stephen J Toope concludes the series with a sense of optimism for the future
22 October 2020"It fills me with enormous gratitude that – at the moment of greatest challenge – our collegiate community rallied and rose to the occasion."
“We’re in it for the long haul”
21 October 2020In late 2019, a new institute opened on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Its timing could not have been better - as the COVID-19 pandemic sent...
Faith in democracy: millennials are the most disillusioned generation ‘in living memory’
20 October 2020Young people’s faith in democratic politics is lower than any other age group, and millennials across the world are more disillusioned with democracy than Generation...
‘Happy ending effect’ can bias future decisions, say scientists
19 October 2020Study reveals brain mechanisms underlying irrational decision-making
Lockdown or not, personality predicts your likelihood of staying home during the pandemic
15 October 2020Despite more of the population staying at home as government policies on COVID-19 become stricter, a study has found that a person’s personality influences how...
Enterprising researchers: Making a difference in Southern Africa
15 October 2020An award-winning team from Cambridge, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia has been bolstering entrepreneurship in Southern Africa and supporting some exciting new ventures along the way....
Beyond the pandemic: learn from the survival of the fittest firms
14 October 2020Manufacturing firms have had a rocky few months, struggling with fractured supply chains, uncertain supply and demand, and shutdowns. Yet some have not only survived...
Popular COVID-19 conspiracies linked to vaccine ‘hesitancy’
14 October 2020An international study finds that people who rate coronavirus conspiracy theories as more reliable are much less likely to say they will get vaccinated....
Easy-to-make, ultra-low-power electronics could charge out of thin air
13 October 2020Researchers have developed a new approach to printed electronics that allows ultra-low-power electronic devices which could recharge from ambient light or radiofrequency noise. The approach paves...
