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Everest mountaineer’s letters digitised for the first time

22 April 2024

Letters written by the famous mountaineer George Mallory have been made available to a global audience for the first time, in the centenary year of his fatal attempt to scale Everest.

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Established Academic 2023

13 Dec 2023

The Established Academic for 2023 is Professor William Sutherland and his research team at Conservation Evidence.

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Early Career Researcher 2023 - Dr Barry Coughlan

13 Dec 2023

The joint winner of the Early Career Researcher 2023 is Dr Barry Coughlan.

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Collaboration Award 2023

13 Dec 2023

The 2023 Collaboration Awards goes to UK Citizens' Jury on Human Embryo Editing, led by Professor Anna Middleton, Director Kavli Centre for Ethics...

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From ground-breaking research in Nigeria to using novel tools to transform conservation

12 Dec 2023

Researchers from across the University have been recognised for their outstanding research impact and engagement.

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Remains of the theatre at Interamna Lirenas, Italy

Roman ‘backwater’ bucked Empire’s decline, archaeologists reveal

12 Dec 2023

A rare roofed theatre, markets, warehouses, a river port and other startling discoveries made by a Cambridge-led team of archaeologists challenge...

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Successful honey-hunters know how to communicate with wild birds

08 Dec 2023

Wild honeyguide birds prefer to cooperate with people who have learned local cultural traditions to find and access honey-filled bees’ nests, a new...

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The five thylacine skins sent to Cambridge by Morton Allport

How human Aboriginal remains were traded for scientific accolades

29 Nov 2023

Victorian collector traded human Aboriginal remains for scientific accolades, study reveals

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ActNowFilm

27 Nov 2023

Youth leaders and world figures featured in new ActNowFilm, to premiere at COP28 call for young people to be included in national climate negotiation...

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Pile of yew trunks at the edge of an agricultural field

The Fens of eastern England once held vast woodlands

24 Nov 2023

The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew...

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Palu, Indonesia, devastated by an earthquake in 2018

Moving a capital city: learning from when the earth moves

14 Nov 2023

Indonesia plans to build a new capital city from scratch. Protecting the new city from the effects of earthquakes will be crucial. Here's how...

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Opinion: The AI Summit was a promising start – but momentum must be maintained

08 Nov 2023

Given the frenetic pace of AI development, the international consensus demonstrated at the AI Summit is much-needed progress, says AI expert Dr Seán...

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Eddie and his dad, Ian

“Incredible” diabetes management app now recommended by NICE

07 Nov 2023

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today (7 November 2023) recommended hybrid closed loop systems including the CamAPS...

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