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Scientists develop ‘smart pyjamas’ to monitor sleep disorders

18 Feb 2025

Researchers have developed comfortable, washable ‘smart pyjamas’ that can monitor sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea at home, without the need for...

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Cambridge University engineer backed by Formula 1 star Sir Lewis Hamilton

03 Feb 2025

Chris Tagnon is the first Cambridge University student to be awarded a Masters in Motorsport scholarship.

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Cambridge researchers developing brain implants for treating Parkinson’s disease

23 Jan 2025

Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease.

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Cambridge to trial cutting-edge semiconductor technologies for wider use in major European project

10 Dec 2024

The University of Cambridge is one of two UK participants named as part of the PIXEurope consortium, a collaboration between research organisations...

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Huxley, a healthy volunteer Havanese, undergoes a physical examination at the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital, Cambridge.

AI algorithm accurately detects heart disease in dogs

29 Oct 2024

Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease...

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‘Palaeo-robots’ to help scientists understand how fish started to walk on land

23 Oct 2024

The transition from water to land is one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. Now, a team of roboticists, palaeontologists...

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Cambridge joins forces with ARIA to fast-track radical new technologies to revolutionise brain health

09 Oct 2024

A team from across the Cambridge life sciences, technology and business worlds has announced a multi-million-pound, three-year collaboration with the...

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Semiconductors underpin nearly every electrical, optical and quantum device.

G7 representatives meet in Cambridge to discuss semiconductors

26 Sep 2024

Representatives from the G7 have met in Cambridge to discuss the main priorities for the future development of semiconductors and their impact on the...

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Building a more sustainable world

19 Sep 2024

This longstanding partnership between Cambridge, Arup and the Ove Arup Foundation has made our world safer and more sustainable and changed the way...

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Smart Choker

‘Smart choker’ uses AI to help people with speech impairment to communicate

13 Sep 2024

Researchers have developed a wearable ‘smart choker’ that uses a combination of flexible electronics and artificial intelligence techniques to allow...

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L-R: Professor John Morton (UCL), Professor Rachel McKendry (UCL), Professor Mete Atatüre (Cambridge), Professor Eleni Nastouli (UCL)

Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future

26 Jul 2024

A major new research hub led by the University of Cambridge and UCL aims to harness quantum technology to improve early diagnosis and treatment of...

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Multi-coloured jelly batteries being stretched by two hands

Soft, stretchy ‘jelly batteries’ inspired by electric eels

17 Jul 2024

Researchers have developed soft, stretchable ‘jelly batteries’ that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the...

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