Technology
Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn
30 Dec 2024Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier that researchers call the “...
Cambridge to trial cutting-edge semiconductor technologies for wider use in major European project
10 Dec 2024The University of Cambridge is one of two UK participants named as part of the PIXEurope consortium, a collaboration between research organisations...
Imaging technique allows rapid assessment of ovarian cancer subtypes and their response to treatment
06 Dec 2024An MRI-based imaging technique developed at the University of Cambridge predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumours to treatment, and rapidly...
Cambridge researchers develop urine test for early detection of lung cancer
06 Dec 2024Cambridge scientists have developed a urine test for early detection of lung cancer. The test, the first of its kind, detects ‘zombie’ cells that...
New datasets will train AI models to think like scientists
02 Dec 2024What 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...
Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds
25 Nov 2024Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.
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...
Time alone heightens ‘threat alert’ in teenagers – even when connecting online
13 Nov 2024Scientists say the findings might shed light on the link between loneliness and mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, which are on the...
AI algorithm accurately detects heart disease in dogs
29 Oct 2024Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease...
‘Palaeo-robots’ to help scientists understand how fish started to walk on land
23 Oct 2024The 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...
Hitting the right note for innovation in Cambridge
17 Oct 2024Kathryn Chapman, Executive Director of Innovate Cambridge, on the secrets of successful innovation and her ambitious plans for innovation in...
Cambridge's Raj Jena becomes UK's first Professor of AI in radiotherapy
17 Oct 2024The 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...