Academia & Research
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Cambridge breakthrough in breeding drought-resistant crops
Cambridge researchers have discovered that harnessing ‘jumping genes’ found in tomatoes could accelerate the breeding of drought-resistant crops.... Read More
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Cambridge-China innovation hothouse to produce the ‘smartest cities’ on the planet
Building work has started on an historic Cambridge-China centre to leverage technology and innovation to boost wellbeing, health and productive... Read More
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CAPE and Huawei develop advanced head-mounted display
Engineers in Cambridge have developed a new augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD) that provides an immersive 3D viewing experience without... Read More
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Amazon ML ace spearheads historic DeepMind Cambridge venture
Cambridge University has appointed Amazon director Professor Neil Lawrence as its first DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning following an... Read More
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Machine learning to help develop self-healing robots
Researchers from the University of Cambridge will use self-healing materials and machine learning to develop soft robotics as part of a new... Read More
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European scientists call for rethink on gene editing to improve food sustainability
Scientists across Europe are calling for a rethink of EU legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in a bid to boost food sustainability... Read More
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The Four Horsemen ride to victory in Thailand
A team of Cambridge MBA students won the Siam Commercial Bank Future Leader Challenge 2019, a business case competition for master’s degree students... Read More
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New chief for £3.2bn Cambridge University Endowment Fund
The University of Cambridge has appointed Tilly Franklin as chief investment officer to lead its £3.2 billion Endowment Fund. Franklin will leave... Read More
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Cambridge student portfolio on the market for £1.95m
A rare investment opportunity to buy a substantial portfolio of student apartments in Cambridge has come on the market through property agent,... Read More
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Hopkins leads design team for futuristic university in Milton Keynes
A global team led by London-based Hopkins Architects has won an international design competition to fashion an innovative Milton Keynes University... Read More
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Cambridge University accelerates carbon reduction in world first
Cambridge has become the first university in the world to adopt a 1.5 degrees Science Based Target for carbon reduction, committing itself to reduce... Read More
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Big data leads the way for structural chemistry
A huge milestone for structural chemistry has been achieved with the addition of the millionth structure into the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD... Read More
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Phone-a-drone technology unveiled by Cranfield University
Researchers at Cranfield University have developed a smartphone app which can connect with off-the-shelf drones and send them to autonomously inspect... Read More
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Widely-available antibiotics could be used to combat MRSA
Some MRSA infections could be tackled using widely-available antibiotics, suggests new research from an international collaboration led by scientists... Read More
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Norwich role in groundbreaking study into Parkinson’s Disease
A new study, with links to Norwich, hopes to make inroads into predicting and preventing Parkinson’s Disease. Predict PD is seeking 10,000 people... Read More
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Cambridge startup turns tables on killer molecule with new drugs roadmap
A Cambridge scientific entrepreneur has patented a way to turn a malevolent molecule that is currently preventing cures to diabetes and other... Read More
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University of Cambridge helps power world’s biggest EdTech research project
Cambridge University, The World Bank and UK technology companies have partnered with the Department for International Development (DFID) to improve... Read More
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Breast cancer insight could save lives and money
A Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust consultant has spearheaded a health study, which could help patients while saving millions of... Read More
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Genome research triggers new world of hope for sick babies
A Cambridge-based study has shown that the diagnosis and treatment of some of the most critically ill babies can be improved by sequencing their... Read More
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Cambridge PhD honoured for canine tumour research
A computational approach to finding new treatments for a certain type of canine tumours has earned a Cambridge University PhD a major accolade and... Read More