Risks of using AI to grow our food are substantial and must not be ignored, warn researchers
23 Feb 2022Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping confront the challenge of feeding our growing global...
Drug-screening spin-out secures new funding
23 Feb 2022A University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory, combines materials engineering and cell biology to help biopharma companies...
Self-healing materials for robotics made from ‘jelly’ and salt
18 Feb 2022Researchers have developed self-healing, biodegradable, 3D-printed materials that could be used in the development of realistic artificial hands and...
Zero-carbon refrigeration spin-out sets its sights on environmentally-friendly heating systems
16 Feb 2022Zero-carbon refrigeration pioneer Barocal has secured a £1.3 million investment to accelerate commercialisation of its novel technology designed to...
Scientists develop fully woven, smart display
10 Feb 2022Researchers have developed a 46-inch (116cm) woven display with smart sensors, energy harvesting and storage integrated directly into the fabric.
Cambridge awarded €1.9m to stop AI undermining ‘core human values’
09 Feb 2022Work at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence will aim to prevent the embedding of existing inequalities – from gender to class and...
Cambridge spin-out aims to realise the power of genomic data in precision medicine
02 Feb 2022Cambridge spin-out Zetta Genomics has raised £2.5 million in new seed funding from Nina Capital, APEX Medical and Cambridge Enterprise to advance its...
The chemist who saved a restaurant and launched a vision for Africa
13 Jan 2022David Izuogu’s ambition is to establish a research institute in his home country of Nigeria. But he isn’t waiting until he realises his goal to help...
Film: the vaccine for fake news
16 Dec 2021Sander van der Linden has a nickname: Cambridge’s professor of “defence against the dark arts”. His team works with governments and organisations...
New model improves accuracy of machine learning in COVID-19 diagnosis while preserving privacy
16 Dec 2021Researchers in the UK and China have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can diagnose COVID-19 as well as a panel of professional...
Community of ethical hackers needed to prevent AI’s looming ‘crisis of trust’
10 Dec 2021A global hacker 'red team' and rewards for hunting algorithmic biases are just some of the recommendations from experts who argue that AI faces a '...
‘Transformational’ approach to machine learning could accelerate search for new disease treatments
29 Nov 2021Researchers have developed a new approach to machine learning that ‘learns how to learn’ and out-performs current machine learning methods for drug...