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Illustration of graphene's structure. The ideal crystalline structure of graphene is a hexagonal grid.

Graphene paves the way to faster high-speed communications

31 May 2018

Researchers have created a technology that could lead to new devices for faster, more reliable ultra-broad bandwidth transfers, and demonstrated how...

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A plane drops a bouncing bomb at Mackenzie, British Columbia, where researchers successfully reconstructed the Dambusters mission of World War II.

Opinion: The Dambusters raid took place 75 years ago – here's how they made a bomb bounce

16 May 2018

Hugh Hunt from Cambridge's Department of Engineering - who recreated the Dambusters raid in 2011 - discusses how engineers made a bomb bounce 75...

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Collecting the Boeing Innovation Award on behalf of the University of Cambridge: Professor Bill O'Neill (holding the Award), Dr John Durrell (centre), and Philip Guildford (centre, right).

University of Cambridge wins Boeing Innovation Award

03 May 2018

The University of Cambridge’s ‘outstanding performance’ in research and development has been recognised by Boeing in its 2017 Supplier of the Year...

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What makes a faster typist?

05 Apr 2018

The largest-ever dataset on typing speeds and styles, based on 136 million keystrokes from 168,000 volunteers, finds that the fastest typists not...

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Cambridge and Nanjing launch strategic collaboration

27 Mar 2018

The new joint centre will support innovative research into smart cities and fully integrated urban environments.

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"We all need to press for progress, in science and beyond"

08 Mar 2018

Read more about the female scientists at Cambridge taking their fields by storm - and using International Women's Day to encourage others to do the...

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Identification of brain region responsible for alleviating pain could lead to development of opioid alternatives

27 Feb 2018

Researchers from the UK & Japan have identified how the brain’s natural painkilling system could be used as a possible alternative to opioids for...

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The uncertain unicycle that taught itself and how it’s helping AI make good decisions

14 Feb 2018

Cambridge researchers are pioneering a form of machine learning that starts with only a little prior knowledge and continually learns from the world...

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Cambridge Cluster

Cambridge and AI: what makes this city a good place to start a business?

13 Feb 2018

What makes a city as small as Cambridge a hotbed for AI and machine learning start-ups? A critical mass of clever people obviously helps. But there’s...

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Man on a smartphone

Newly-developed image guidelines will improve mobile shopping experience worldwide

07 Feb 2018

A new type of online product image, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with global consumer goods company...

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Preparing for the future: artificial intelligence and us

02 Feb 2018

Today we begin a month-long focus on research related to artificial intelligence. Here, four researchers reflect on the power of a technology to...

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Zero gravity graphene promises success in space

31 Jan 2018

In a series of experiments conducted last month, Cambridge researchers experienced weightlessness testing graphene’s application in space.

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