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From cybercrime to earthquakes, influenza to air travel, research on risk and uncertainty reflects issues that are of paramount importance.

Smoke

Second-hand smoke linked to cognitive impairment

12 Feb 2009

Exposure to second-hand smoke could increase the risk of developing dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment, according to research published...

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The Market Economy

Traders’ biology may play a bigger role than their rationality

13 Jan 2009

Financial traders' success may depend more on their biological traits than on their ability to make rational choices, researchers at the University...

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Pyramids of Giza and the Sphynx

Culture under threat

11 Dec 2008

The idea of culture is becoming synonymous with conflict and polarisation - and in the process putting some of the world's most precious heritage...

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Type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease linked

10 Dec 2008

Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and coeliac disease appear to share a common genetic origin, scientists at the University of Cambridge and Barts and The...

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Pink ribbon

Scientists crack the code to tamoxifen resistance

13 Nov 2008

Scientists have discovered the molecular basis for tamoxifen response in breast cancer cells - and the reason why some women can develop resistance...

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Risky decision-making essential to entrepreneurialism

12 Nov 2008

Whether someone will become the next Richard Branson, Steve Jobs or Henry Ford may be down to whether they make risky decisions, scientists at the...

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ASBO's

Possible cause of antisocial behaviour identified by Cambridge scientists

30 Sep 2008

A link between reduced levels of the "stress hormone" cortisol and antisocial behaviour in male adolescents has been discovered by a research team at...

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Temporal Artery Aneurysm

Anti-ageing for arteries

26 Sep 2008

New research has revealed that statins can prevent the premature ageing of arteries in patients in the advanced stages of heart disease - suggesting...

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child

Making connections: what lies beyond the ‘terrible twos’?

01 Sep 2008

New research shows that it's not just having conversations with children that matter, it's the quality of the content.

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chemistry

Glaxosmithkline teams up with Cambridge to deliver new medicines

25 Jul 2008

University of Cambridge to pioneer drug development by academic incubators.

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brain

Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to brain activity

16 Jul 2008

Cambridge researchers have discovered that measuring activity in a region of the brain could help to identify people at risk of developing obsessive...

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Downing Site

New centre to research biological relationship between a mother and her fetus

08 Jul 2008

A new centre which will research the vital biological interactions between a mother and her fetus launched today, Wednesday 9 July, at the University...

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