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Holographic replay field results of 3D LiDAR processed data sets. LiDAR truck and tree objects are displayed.

360-degree head-up display view could warn drivers of road obstacles in real time

20 Dec 2023

Researchers have developed an augmented reality head-up display that could improve road safety by displaying potential hazards as high-resolution...

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Risky business

07 Sep 2023

Launched during Open Cambridge, a new self-guided trail, created by researchers at Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), takes...

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Mount Rinjani in Indonesia, which had one of the largest eruptions in the last millennium in 1257 (magnitude 7).

Risk of volcano catastrophe ‘a roll of the dice’, say experts

17 Aug 2022

While funding is pumped into preventing low-probability scenarios such as asteroid collision, the far more likely threat of a large volcanic eruption...

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Man pouring a pint of beer

Drinkers risk exceeding legal driving limit by underestimating how drunk they are

07 Dec 2021

As many as a half of all drinkers underestimated how drunk they were, judging themselves still safe to drive despite having exceeded the legal...

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Drone and city skyline

Real-time drone intent monitoring could enable safer use of drones and prevent a repeat of 2018 Gatwick incident

15 Sep 2021

Researchers have developed a real-time approach that can help prevent incidents like the large-scale disruption at London’s Gatwick Airport in 2018...

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Minor volcanic eruptions could ‘cascade’ into global catastrophe, experts warn

06 Aug 2021

Researchers call for a shift in focus away from risks of 'super-volcanic' eruptions and towards likelier scenarios of smaller eruptions in key global...

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Man clutching his heart

New risk calculator to help save many more lives from heart attack and stroke

14 Jun 2021

A new risk calculator will better predict people at high risk of heart and circulatory diseases years before they strike, and is ready for use across...

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Novel Coronavirus SARS-Cov-2

How accurate were early expert predictions on COVID-19, and how did they compare to the public?

05 May 2021

Who made more accurate predictions about the course of the COVID-19 pandemic – experts or the public? A study from the University of Cambridge has...

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Beyond the pandemic: re-learn how to govern risk

25 Jan 2021

As the pandemic crisis has played out across the world, different governments have taken different approaches to controlling the spread of virus and...

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People sitting inside a restaurant wearing face masks

Free online tool calculates risk of COVID-19 transmission in poorly-ventilated spaces

20 Jan 2021

The vital role of ventilation in the spread of COVID-19 has been quantified by researchers, who have found that in poorly-ventilated spaces, the...

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Man wearing face covering to protect against COVID-19

Existing evidence suggests face coverings do not lead to false sense of security

27 Jul 2020

Existing limited evidence suggests that wearing face coverings to protect against COVID-19 does not lead to a false sense of security and is unlikely...

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UK public ‘most concerned’ about coronavirus – more than Spain or Italy, study suggests

06 May 2020

“Risk perception” among UK population greater than in nine other countries surveyed for latest research.

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