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Modelling a sailboat in virtual reality.

Machine learning gives users ‘superhuman’ ability to open and control tools in virtual reality

08 Nov 2023

Researchers have developed a virtual reality application where a range of 3D modelling tools can be opened and controlled using just the movement of...

Researchers build more detailed picture of the movement of Greenland Ice Sheet

10 Feb 2023

Researchers have found that the movement of glaciers in Greenland is more complex than previously thought, with deformation in regions of warmer ice...

Codecheck confirms reproducibility of COVID-19 model results

09 Jun 2020

Cambridge researcher confirms reproducibility of high-profile Imperial College coronavirus computational model.

Location, location, location: researchers develop model to predict retail failure

09 Oct 2018

Researchers have used a combination of location and transport data to predict the likelihood that a given retail business will succeed or fail.

SEM image of normal red blood cells, computer-coloured red

Computer model of blood development could speed up search for new leukaemia drugs

09 Feb 2015

The first comprehensive computer model to simulate the development of blood cells could help in the development of new treatments for leukaemia and...

New research highlights the key role of ozone in climate change

01 Dec 2014

The models which are used to predict how climate change will occur could be much improved by including the key role of ozone, which is often...

Palaeontological reconstruction of rangeomorph fronds from the Ediacaran Period (635-541 million years ago) built using computer models of rangeomorph growth and development.

How some of the first animals lived - and died

11 Aug 2014

New three-dimensional reconstructions show how some of the earliest animals on Earth developed, and provide some answers as to why they went extinct...

Can your phone double up as your life-coach?

29 Dec 2012

Researchers are developing a smartphone platform that enables careful monitoring of lifestyle to pinpoint and help avert triggers for stress and...

Root of Arabidopsis thaliana with green fluorescent protein decorating cell membrane and red fluorescent protein marking nuclei.

Lighting up plant cells to engineer biology

05 Apr 2012

Cambridge researchers have developed a new technique for measuring and mapping gene and cell activity through fluorescence in living plant tissue.

Live imaging of the growing tips of plants

Predictive modelling of plant growth for food and fuel

04 Jul 2011

Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.