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Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn

30 Dec 2024

Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier that researchers call the “...

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Cambridge to trial cutting-edge semiconductor technologies for wider use in major European project

10 Dec 2024

The University of Cambridge is one of two UK participants named as part of the PIXEurope consortium, a collaboration between research organisations...

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Imaging technique allows rapid assessment of ovarian cancer subtypes and their response to treatment

06 Dec 2024

An MRI-based imaging technique developed at the University of Cambridge predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumours to treatment, and rapidly...

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Cambridge researchers develop urine test for early detection of lung cancer

06 Dec 2024

Cambridge scientists have developed a urine test for early detection of lung cancer. The test, the first of its kind, detects ‘zombie’ cells that...

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New datasets will train AI models to think like scientists

02 Dec 2024

What can exploding stars teach us about how blood flows through an artery? Or swimming bacteria about how the ocean’s layers mix? A collaboration of...

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Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

25 Nov 2024

Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.

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Arm donates £3.5 million for Cambridge PhD students to study computer architecture and semiconductor design

20 Nov 2024

Arm 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...

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Time alone heightens ‘threat alert’ in teenagers – even when connecting online

13 Nov 2024

Scientists say the findings might shed light on the link between loneliness and mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, which are on the...

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AI algorithm accurately detects heart disease in dogs

29 Oct 2024

Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease...

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‘Palaeo-robots’ to help scientists understand how fish started to walk on land

23 Oct 2024

The transition from water to land is one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. Now, a team of roboticists, palaeontologists...

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Hitting the right note for innovation in Cambridge

17 Oct 2024

Kathryn Chapman, Executive Director of Innovate Cambridge, on the secrets of successful innovation and her ambitious plans for innovation in...

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Cambridge's Raj Jena becomes UK's first Professor of AI in radiotherapy

17 Oct 2024

The creation of the new Clinical Professorship signals the importance of AI in the fight against cancer and builds on the University’s work to apply...

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