What’s going on in our brains when we plan?
11 Jun 2024Study uncovers how the brain simulates possible future actions by drawing from our stored memories.
Cambridge engineers bring historic Venn bowling machine back to life
09 Jun 2024The 2-metre-high contraption bowled out players from the visiting Australian cricket team more than 100 years ago.
New open-source platform allows users to evaluate performance of AI-powered chatbots
04 Jun 2024Researchers have developed a platform for the interactive evaluation of AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT.
Testing the water
30 May 2024Industry placements for PhD students can be hugely beneficial for all concerned. We hear from two former students and the companies they worked for.
Getting to grips with an extra thumb
29 May 2024Cambridge researchers have shown that members of the public have little trouble in learning very quickly how to use a third thumb – a controllable...
Imperceptible sensors made from ‘electronic spider silk’ can be printed directly on human skin
24 May 2024Researchers have developed a method to make adaptive and eco-friendly sensors that can be directly and imperceptibly printed onto a wide range of...
Cement recycling method could help solve one of the world’s biggest climate challenges
22 May 2024Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low-emission concrete at scale – an innovation that could be...
Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones
09 May 2024Cambridge researchers lay out the need for design safety protocols that prevent the emerging “digital afterlife industry” causing social and...
‘Wraparound’ implants represent new approach to treating spinal cord injuries
08 May 2024A tiny, flexible electronic device that wraps around the spinal cord could represent a new approach to the treatment of spinal injuries, which can...
New vaccine effective against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet
06 May 2024Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that has been shown in mice to provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with...
Robotic nerve ‘cuffs’ could help treat a range of neurological conditions
26 Apr 2024Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibres without damaging them.
Training AI models to answer ‘what if?’ questions could improve medical treatments
19 Apr 2024Machines can learn not only to make predictions, but to handle causal relationships. An international research team shows how this could make medical...