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A mosaic of simulations included in the Well collection of datasets

New datasets will train AI models to think like scientists

02 Dec 2024

What can exploding stars teach us about how blood flows through an artery? Or swimming bacteria about how the ocean’s layers mix? A collaboration of...

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Huxley, a healthy volunteer Havanese, undergoes a physical examination at the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital, Cambridge.

AI algorithm accurately detects heart disease in dogs

29 Oct 2024

Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease...

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Left: Geoffrey Hinton (circled) at his Matriculation at King's College. Right: Illustration of Geoffrey Hinton

University of Cambridge alumnus awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics

08 Oct 2024

Geoffrey Hinton, an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with John Hopfield of Princeton...

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Smart Choker

‘Smart choker’ uses AI to help people with speech impairment to communicate

13 Sep 2024

Researchers have developed a wearable ‘smart choker’ that uses a combination of flexible electronics and artificial intelligence techniques to allow...

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Chatbot

New open-source platform allows users to evaluate performance of AI-powered chatbots

04 Jun 2024

Researchers have developed a platform for the interactive evaluation of AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT.

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Computer generated image of a human brain

Training AI models to answer ‘what if?’ questions could improve medical treatments

19 Apr 2024

Machines can learn not only to make predictions, but to handle causal relationships. An international research team shows how this could make medical...

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Professor Michele Vendruscolo wearing a white lab coat

AI speeds up drug design for Parkinson’s ten-fold

17 Apr 2024

Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson’s disease treatments.

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Robot braille reader

Robot trained to read braille at twice the speed of humans

29 Jan 2024

Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of...

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Digital image of a molecule

Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning

15 Jan 2024

Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could...

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Head up display of traffic information and weather as seen by the driver

Using machine learning to monitor driver ‘workload’ could help improve road safety

07 Dec 2023

Researchers have developed an adaptable algorithm that could improve road safety by predicting when drivers are able to safely interact with in-...

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Modelling a sailboat in virtual reality.

Machine learning gives users ‘superhuman’ ability to open and control tools in virtual reality

08 Nov 2023

Researchers have developed a virtual reality application where a range of 3D modelling tools can be opened and controlled using just the movement of...

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Network and data connection on a dark blue background.

Scientists begin building AI for scientific discovery using tech behind ChatGPT

13 Oct 2023

An international team of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, have launched a new research collaboration that will leverage the...

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