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Social isolation may impact brain volume in regions linked to higher risk of...
“Social isolation is a serious yet underrecognized public health problem that is often associated with old age,” said study author Professor Jianfeng Feng of Fudan University in Shanghai, China. “In...
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Gates Cambridge announces new Provost
The Gates Cambridge Trust– which oversees the University of Cambridge's leading international postgraduate scholarship programme – has announced that its new Provost, its first female leader, will be...
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Vice-Chancellor warns of 'brain drain' sparked by EU row, during annual Kate...
In a lecture at Homerton College, Cambridge, he warned that senior academics would be tempted to take jobs abroad unless the impasse over allowing British researchers access to EU funds is...
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Cambridge second in influential world university rankings
The announcement follows hot on the heels of Cambridge’s recent success in the UK Research Excellence Framework, where it was rated as the highest scoring institution covering all the major...
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One in 500 men carry extra sex chromosome, putting them at higher risk of...
In a study published in Genetics in Medicine, researchers analysed genetic data collected on over 200,000 UK men aged 40-70 from UK Biobank, a biomedical database and research resource containing...
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Cambridge pop-up experience explores the Faustian pacts we make with digital...
Do you understand how your cookies and data are being used? Do the benefits of using digital technology outweigh the negatives and the risks? How much of your digital self are you willing to...
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Extreme weather and climate events likely to drive increase in gender-based...
In a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health, a team led by a researcher at the University of Cambridge analysed current scientific literature and found that the evidence paints a bleak picture...
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Pre-school play with friends lowers risk of mental health problems later
Researchers at the University of Cambridge analysed data from almost 1,700 children, collected when they were aged three and seven. Those with better peer play ability at age three consistently showed...
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No signs (yet) of life on Venus
Researchers from the University of Cambridge used a combination of biochemistry and atmospheric chemistry to test the ‘life in the clouds’ hypothesis, which astronomers have speculated about for...
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Tumour ‘signatures’ could provide key to more accurate treatment for...
Currently, scientists use individual genetic changes to develop mutational signatures, which can be used to understand the origin of a cancer, and to predict how a cancer progresses. However, so far,...
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New approach topples major barrier to commercialisation of organic flow...
The process works a bit like a pacemaker, periodically providing a shock to the system that revives decomposed molecules inside the batteries. Their results, reported in the journal Nature Chemistry,...
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Molecular 3D-maps unlock new ways of studying human reproduction
The study also provides a crucial reference for foetal tissue generation in the lab - such tissue is in short supply but is needed for drug screening and studies into stem cell-based treatments to...
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Heart surgery delays will cost lives, warns research
Urgent action is needed to clear the backlog of people with a common heart condition who are waiting for lifesaving treatment, according to research published in the journal BMJ Open. The researchers...
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Gene discovery indicates motor neurone diseases caused by abnormal lipid...
Motor neurone degenerative diseases (MNDs) are a large family of neurological disorders. Currently, there are no treatments available to prevent onset or progression of the condition. MNDs are caused...
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“Reductive” models of wellbeing education risk failing children unless...
In a new compendium of academic analysis, researchers argue that despite decades of investment in ‘positive education’ – such as programmes to teach children happiness and mindfulness– schools still...
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KPMG and the University of Cambridge unveil new partnership to reimagine the...
The University of Cambridge and KPMG have today unveiled a new partnership to understand how the world of work is changing, starting with what really works when it comes to supporting employees’ mental...
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No ‘safest spot’ to minimise risk of COVID-19 transmission on trains
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London, developed a mathematical model to help predict the risk of disease transmission in a train carriage, and found that in the...
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Cambridge confers honorary degrees
The University’s Chancellor, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, presided over the congregation, which is held inside the Senate House and conducted in both English and Latin. Around 400 staff, students and...
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge unveil first portrait at Fitzwilliam Museum
Their Royal Highnesses were greeted by Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen J Toope and Fitzwilliam Director Luke Syson, who accompanied them up the Museum's grand staircase to view the contemporary...
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Developmental dyslexia essential to human adaptive success, study argues
Cambridge researchers studying cognition, behaviour and the brain have concluded that people with dyslexia are specialised to explore the unknown. This is likely to play a fundamental role in human...
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