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Re-enacting the first night of television, 80 years on

02 Nov 2016

Cambridge researchers and students have recreated John Logie Baird’s cumbersome ‘flying spot’ camera for a documentary about the first live scheduled...

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Measurement of brain activity in a patient with phantom limb pain

Cause of phantom limb pain in amputees, and potential treatment, identified

27 Oct 2016

Researchers have identified the cause of chronic, and currently untreatable, pain in those with amputations and severe nerve damage, as well as a...

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Transistors

Engineers design ultralow power transistors that could function for years without a battery

20 Oct 2016

A new design for transistors which operate on ‘scavenged’ energy from their environment could form the basis for devices which function for months or...

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2019 by ExperiensS

Artificial intelligence: computer says YES (but is it right?)

20 Oct 2016

Computers that learn for themselves are with us now. As they become more common in ‘high-stakes’ applications like robotic surgery, terrorism...

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Cambridge's postgraduate pioneers

Cambridge's postgraduate pioneers

12 Oct 2016

Postgraduate students at Cambridge walk in the footsteps of giants – Francis Crick, Elizabeth Blackburn, Stephen Hawking, Iris Murdoch and Eric...

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Clangers

Mice sing like jet engines to find a mate

10 Oct 2016

Mice court one another with ultrasonic love songs that are inaudible to the human ear. New research shows they make these unique high frequency...

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'Extreme sleepover #18' – rebuilding earthquake-shattered Christchurch

22 Sep 2016

Kristen MacAskill describes how an earthquake in her hometown served to influence her career as an engineer.

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Codex Forster III folio 72r

Study reveals Leonardo da Vinci’s “irrelevant” scribbles mark the spot where he first recorded the laws of friction

21 Jul 2016

A new detailed study of notes and sketches by Leonardo da Vinci has identified a page of scribbles in a tiny notebook as the place where Leonardo...

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Would you live in a city made of bone?

23 Jun 2016

The cities of today are built with concrete and steel – but some Cambridge researchers think that the cities of the future need to go back to nature...

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Dr Ruth Armstrong and Dr Amy Ludlow receive their award from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz

Winners announced in the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Awards and Public Engagement with Research Awards

21 Jun 2016

Researchers from across the University have been recognised for the impact of their work on society, and engagement with research in the inaugural...

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Team members from Cambridge's EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies and Applications.

Students invent new technology to improve later life

20 Jun 2016

A team of post-graduate students has published research with the potential to transform the lives of millions of older people around the world.

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How does your smart city grow?

17 Jun 2016

The Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction is building on advances in sensing technology to learn everything possible about a city’s...

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