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Co-offenders likely to violently turn on one another, UK crime gang study shows
The first study to take a 'network analysis' approach to patterns of violence within UK organised crime gangs (OCG) has shown that OCG members who previously offended together are likely to end up...
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Cambridge spin-out aiming to make it easier to find and apply regulations
Regulation is critical to the global economy but keeping track of it all has become a major challenge – for both the regulated and the regulators.RegGenome’s vision is to transform the way the world...
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Women are ‘running with leaded shoes’ when promoted at work, says study
Women and men feel different at work, as moving up the ranks alleviates negative feelings such as frustration less for women than for men, says a sweeping new study on gender differences in emotion at...
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'Threatening' faces and beefy bodies do not bias criminal suspect...
We’re all familiar with the classic “look” of a movie bad guy: peering through narrowing eyes with a sinister sneer (like countless James Bond villains, including Christopher Walken’s memorable Max...
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Largest study of whole genome sequencing data reveals new clues to causes of...
In the biggest study of its kind, a team of scientists led by Professor Serena Nik-Zainal from Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and the University of Cambridge, analysed the complete genetic...
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Remote working is a ‘mixed bag’ for employee wellbeing and productivity,...
The shift to remote working for many office-based workers at the start of the pandemic initially led to an increase in productivity, especially by reducing commute times, but a new large-scale study...
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First-ever Cambridge Foundation Year offers made to prospective students
The landmark new programme will provide a new route to undergraduate education at Cambridge for around 50 talented individuals every year who have experienced educational and social disadvantage, and...
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Improved approach to the ‘Travelling Salesperson Problem’ could improve...
A notorious theoretical question that has puzzled researchers for 90 years, the Travelling Salesperson Problem also has real relevance to industry today. Essentially a question about how best to...
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Existing infrastructure will be unable to support demand for high-speed internet
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and BT, have established the maximum speed at which data can be transmitted through existing copper cables. This limit would allow for faster internet...
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Seven hours of sleep is optimal in middle and old age, say researchers
Sleep plays an important role in enabling cognitive function and maintaining good psychological health. It also helps keep the brain healthy by removing waste products. As we get older, we often see...
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Cognitive impairment from severe COVID-19 equivalent to 20 years of ageing,...
The findings, published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, emerge from the NIHR COVID-19 BioResource. The results of the study suggest the effects are still detectable more than six months after the...
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Research exposes long-term failure of Russian propaganda
A study of thousands of stories from media outlets churning out propaganda in Ukrainian Donbas following Russia’s first invasion suggests that Kremlin disinformation has long neglected any coherent or...
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Want more students to learn languages? Win over the parents, research suggests
Children’s attitudes towards learning languages and their willingness to see themselves as ‘multilingual’ are influenced far more by the views of their parents than by their teachers or friends, new...
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Taste of the future: robot chef learns to ‘taste as you go’
Working in collaboration with domestic appliances manufacturer Beko, researchers from the University of Cambridge trained their robot chef to assess the saltiness of a dish at different stages of the...
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New report assesses global anti-deforestation measures
A major scientific assessment, published by the Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Programme, led by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), has evaluated the world’s progress...
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Professor Stephen J Toope to lead global research organisation
Based in Toronto, and working across national and disciplinary boundaries, CIFAR brings together some of the world’s best researchers to address the most pressing and complex issues facing individuals...
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Programmes to host scholars and students affected by the war on Ukraine
In October, the University hopes to welcome upwards of 20 students affected by the war on Ukraine. They will be funded by a range of scholarships including The Rowan Williams Cambridge Studentship,...
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Protected areas saw dramatic spikes in fires during COVID lockdowns, study...
The number of fires inside protected conservation areas across the island of Madagascar shot up dramatically when COVID-19 lockdowns led to the suspension of any on-site management for five months...
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‘Stressed’ cells offer clues to eliminating build-up of toxic proteins in...
A characteristic of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s – collectively known as neurodegenerative diseases – is the build-up of misfolded proteins. These proteins, such as amyloid and tau in...
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Nine Cambridge scientists among the new Fellows announced today by the Royal...
The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Its Foreign Members are drawn from the rest of the...
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