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The Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement

03 Feb 2025

Meet the winner of the Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.

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Electricity prices across Europe to stabilise if 2030 targets for renewable energy are met

03 Feb 2025

National targets for solar and wind power will see reliance on natural gas plummet, reducing electricity price volatility across Europe, with major...

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The codemakers

24 Jan 2025

The 2025 Darwin Lecture series looks at codes, be they computational, mathematical, biological, linguistic or even musical.

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Autistic perspectives sought for new study on comics and inclusion

23 Jan 2025

Autistic people in the UK are being invited to participate in a University of Cambridge-led project exploring the uniquely powerful connection...

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The Old Bailey in London. Photo: Art De Cade via Flikr under a CC license

Brits still associate working-class accents with criminal behaviour – study warns of bias in the criminal justice system

17 Jan 2025

People who speak with accents perceived as ‘working-class’ including those from Liverpool, Newcastle, Bradford and London risk being stereotyped as...

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Cambridge leads governmental project to understand impact of smartphones and social media on young people

16 Jan 2025

Cambridge researchers are leading the first phase of a new research project that will lay the groundwork for future studies into the impact on...

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Left to right: Nicola Ayton, Deputy Chief Executive of Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), Feryal Clark MP, Minister for AI and Digital Government, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Professor Deborah Prentice

Minister for AI and Digital Government visits Cambridge to tour the DAWN supercomputer

13 Jan 2025

The Minister for AI and Digital Government, Feryal Clark MP, visited the University of Cambridge on the day the Government announced their new AI...

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Young woman talking with AI voice virtual assistant on smartphone

Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn

30 Dec 2024

Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier that researchers call the “...

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Nativity scene with the Star of Bethlehem

What was the Star of Bethlehem?

23 Dec 2024

It’s a key feature of a school nativity play, but what’s the science behind the Star of Bethlehem?

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Huge locust swarm fills the skies in Ethiopia

Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms

19 Dec 2024

A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food...

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Zahra Joya on the cover of TIME magazine

Afghan journalist and TIME magazine woman of the year joins Cambridge college

11 Dec 2024

Zahra Joya, an Afghan journalist and one of TIME magazine's Women of the Year 2022, has been appointed By-Fellow at Hughes Hall.

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Trees in an Indian city street. Photo: hannahisabelnic via Flikr (Public domain)

Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals

10 Dec 2024

While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at...

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