Robot arm handling test tubes.

Opinion: the future of science is automation

26 February 2024

Professor Ross King from Cambridge's Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, who originated the idea of a 'Robot Scientist', discusses why he believes that AI-powered scientists could surpass the best human scientists by the middle of the century, but only if artificial intelligence for science is developed responsibly and ethically. 

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Atypical welcome

Languages still a major barrier to global science, new research finds

29 December 2016

Over a third of new conservation science documents published annually are in non-English languages, despite assumption of English as scientific ‘lingua franca’. Researchers find examples of important science missed at international level, and practitioners struggling to access new knowledge, as a result of language barriers.

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Dr Pete Wothers giving a chemistry demonstration to an audience at the Cambridge Science Festival including David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science.

Twenty top tips for interpreting scientific claims

21 November 2013

Aiming to improve policy-makers’ understanding of the imperfect nature of science, academics from the Universities of Cambridge and Melbourne have created a list of concepts that they believe should be part of the education of civil servants, politicians, policy advisers and journalists

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