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Artificial intelligence brain

New type of computer memory could greatly reduce energy use and improve performance

23 Jun 2023

Researchers have developed a new design for computer memory that could both greatly improve performance and reduce the energy demands of internet and...

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A Raspberry Pi.

The life of Pi: Ten years of Raspberry Pi

25 Feb 2022

The most successful computer ever to come out of the UK celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.

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Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence

Can federated learning save the world?

10 May 2021

Training the artificial intelligence models that underpin web search engines, power smart assistants and enable driverless cars, consumes megawatts...

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Closeup of computer keyboard

Codecheck confirms reproducibility of COVID-19 model results

09 Jun 2020

Cambridge researcher confirms reproducibility of high-profile Imperial College coronavirus computational model.

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What makes a faster typist?

05 Apr 2018

The largest-ever dataset on typing speeds and styles, based on 136 million keystrokes from 168,000 volunteers, finds that the fastest typists not...

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New type of supercomputer could be based on ‘magic dust’ combination of light and matter

25 Sep 2017

A team of researchers from the UK and Russia have successfully demonstrated that a type of ‘magic dust’ which combines light and matter can be used...

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Inter-ACE Cyber Challenge 2017

Cambridge to host transatlantic cyber security competition

20 Jul 2017

A major cyber security challenge, aimed at educating and inspiring the next generation of cyber defenders from across the UK and US, will be held at...

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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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Silicon city

Quick-change materials break the silicon speed limit for computers

19 Sep 2014

Faster, smaller, greener computers, capable of processing information up to 1,000 times faster than currently available models, could be made...

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Large scale projection through Illustris, centered on the most massive cluster, 70 million light years away. Dark matter density (left) is transitioning to gas density (right).

Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe

07 May 2014

Astronomers have created the first realistic virtual simulation of the Universe, tracking 13 billion years of cosmic evolution.

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Remote takeover: How RealVNC conquered the world

30 Jul 2013

First released in 1998, RealVNC’s remote access and control software is today used in more than a billion devices. After winning the UK’s main award...

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Cambridge named Academic Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research

13 Jun 2013

Cambridge formally recognised as centre of excellence for cybsersecurity research.

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