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Dr Andrew Murray (far right) with his colleagues Dr Nick Knight and Dr Cameron Holloway on the approach to Everest Base-camp

'Extreme Sleepover #1’ – breathless at Everest base camp

22 Dec 2011

In the first of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, physiologist Dr Andrew Murray studies responses to extreme altitude as part...

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blood test

New blood-test to aid in Schizophrenia diagnosis

28 Jun 2010

A new blood-test resulting from research at Cambridge University could aid in the early diagnosis of recent-onset schizophrenia - complementing the...

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algae

Green energy from algae

25 Jun 2010

Visitors to this year's Royal Society Summer Exhibition will have a chance to discover how scientists from the University of Cambridge are studying...

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Drying

Drying without dying

01 May 2009

Some remarkable organisms are able to withstand almost complete desiccation. How they survive is providing Cambridge researchers with new ideas for...

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Rusty C3PO

Robot scientist becomes first machine to discover new scientific knowledge

02 Apr 2009

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Aberystwyth University have created a "robot scientist" which the researchers believe is the first...

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Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycle

Putting metabolism on the eco-map

01 Feb 2008

One of the latest technologies to emerge - metabolomics - is being used to create a snapshot of how environmental chemicals affect living organisms...

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