Handheld device could transform heart disease screening
08 Apr 2025Researchers have developed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes as a tool for detecting certain types of heart disease.
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Researchers demonstrate the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure communication over a quantum network
08 Apr 2025Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network, including the UK’s first long-distance quantum-secured video call.
Cambridge researchers named 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows
07 Apr 2025Two University of Cambridge researchers are among the thirty-two early career researchers, tackling issues from improving food security to developing better medical implants, who have been announced as the 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows.
Hundreds of A-level students see grades rise and secure places at top universities following Cambridge's STEM SMART initiative
07 Apr 2025UCAS evaluation shows the most engaged sixth formers saw their results jump by a grade on average, were up to four times as successful in achieving an A*, and around twice as successful in securing an Oxbridge place.
10 Cambridge AI spinouts
02 Apr 2025Meet 10 Cambridge spinouts, all hoping to harness the potential of AI for the good of the planet and its people.
Connecting AI to public benefit
26 Mar 2025There’s no shortage of buzz around artificial intelligence (AI). From self-driving cars to the promise of revolutionising healthcare, AI is being hailed as the technology that will change the world around us. But what does this really mean for our everyday lives?
University spin-out secures funding to improve AI energy efficiency and bandwidth
24 Mar 2025A University of Cambridge spin-out company working to improve AI efficiency and bandwidth has raised €25 million in new funding.
Fully AI driven weather prediction system could start revolution in forecasting
20 Mar 2025A new AI weather prediction system, developed by researchers from the University of Cambridge, can deliver accurate forecasts tens of times faster and using thousands of times less computing power than current AI and physics-based forecasting systems.
Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Itab Shuayb
19 Mar 2025Dr Itab Shuayb is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge. She is also a professor of inclusive design at the department of architecture and design at the American University of Beirut. An inclusive design specialist, access consultant and...
Scientists develop ‘smart pyjamas’ to monitor sleep disorders
18 Feb 2025Researchers have developed comfortable, washable ‘smart pyjamas’ that can monitor sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea at home, without the need for sticky patches, cumbersome equipment or a visit to a specialist sleep clinic.
