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Cambridge engineer to co-lead earthquake reconnaissance mission to Turkey
13 Feb 2023Professor Emily So will lead a UK response to uncover the causes of the extensive damage and loss of life
Raring to return | Vice-Chancellor’s blog
20 Apr 2021The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stephen J Toope, writes about the return of students and continued disruption to our teaching, learning and research.
Problematic smartphone use linked to poorer grades, alcohol misuse and more sexual partners
04 Jul 2019A survey of more than 3,400 university students in the USA has found that one in five respondents reported problematic smartphone use. Female students were more likely be affected and problematic smartphone use was associated with lower grade averages, mental health problems and higher numbers of sexual partners.
Sowing seeds for timber skyscrapers can rewind the carbon footprint of the concrete industry
28 Jun 2019The Centre for Natural Material Innovation exhibited their proposals for timber skyscrapers at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition.
Award-winning broadcaster Hannah Fry joins Cambridge as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics
22 Nov 2024Professor Hannah Fry, mathematician, best-selling author, award-winning science presenter and host of popular podcasts and television shows, will join the University of Cambridge as the first Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics on 1 January.
Thinking the Unthinkable at COP29
21 Nov 2024Engineer Dr Shaun Fitzgerald reports from COP29 on his discussions about climate repair as a looming necessity.
ActNowFilm premieres at COP29
21 Nov 2024Youth leaders from around the planet celebrated the COP29 premiere of a new film demanding global negotiators give them a say in their own future.
Arm donates £3.5 million for Cambridge PhD students to study computer architecture and semiconductor design
20 Nov 2024Arm is donating £3.5 million to enable 15 PhD students over the next five years to study at CASCADE, the University's new Computer Architecture and Semiconductor Design Centre.
‘Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year
20 Nov 2024The controversial global trend of manifesting has driven Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024.
Northerners, Scots and Irish excel at detecting fake accents to guard against outsiders, study suggests
20 Nov 2024People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research has found.
