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.
Experiencing traumatic events may be associated with greater mental resilience among residents rather than causing widespread angst, suggests a study published...
Nanotechnology is creating new opportunities for fighting disease – from delivering drugs in smart packaging to nanobots powered by the world’s tini...
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have designed antibodies that target the protein deposits in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease, and...
Trevor Lawley and Gordon Dougan are bug hunters, albeit not the conventional kind. The bugs they collect are invisible to the naked eye. And even though we...
A large scale study of women carrying faults in important cancer genes should enable doctors to provide better advice and counselling for treatments and lifesty...
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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