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Fiber Optic

Cambridge launches UK’s first quantum network

13 Jun 2018

The UK’s first quantum network was launched today in Cambridge, enabling ‘unhackable’ communications, made secure by the laws of physics, between...

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Migrants arriving on the island of Lampedusa.

Human smugglers operate as ‘independent traders’, study finds

22 Jan 2018

First study to model the organisation behind trade in illegal border crossings shows no “Mafia-like” monopoly of routes from Africa into Europe via...

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A fishing village along Lake Victoria in the Mayuge District of Uganda, close to where researchers gathered data for the latest study.

Target ‘best connected neighbours’ to stop spread of infection in developing countries

24 Jul 2017

An innovative new study takes a network theory approach to targeted treatment in rural Africa, and finds that a simple algorithm may be more...

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Cooperation

Cooperative communities emerge in transparent social networks

09 Mar 2015

An online experiment reveals that the overall level of cooperation in a group almost doubles when the previous actions of all its members are...

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Privacy

How can we protect our information in the era of cloud computing?

26 Jan 2015

Private information would be much more secure if individuals moved away from cloud-based storage towards peer-to-peer systems, where data is stored...

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Housing estate

Home from home: minor moves make major differences

26 Feb 2014

Most of the moves we make are within 5 km of our previous addresses, yet these short migrations are highly significant within individual lives. New...

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smiley

The meaning of emoticons

13 Oct 2011

The emoticons used on Twitter are a language in themselves and are taking on new and often surprising meanings of their own, according to new...

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Gateway

CRASSH: convener and gateway to the humanities

17 Mar 2011

At CRASSH, researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences have the opportunity to intersect, generating fresh thinking and innovation, as...

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Free TV Texture

Watching religiously

20 May 2010

A new survey of the boom in religious broadcasting in the Middle East reveals how the small screen is becoming an increasingly important battlefield...

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Design sketching

Designs on an inclusive future

10 May 2010

Some of the most venerable names in European business are to join a research consortium which could usher in a new generation of "iconic" products...

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Magnet

Magneto-active porous materials get close to the bone

01 May 2010

The most common cause of artificial joint failure is loosening of the prosthetic implant. Dr Athina Markaki is designing materials to anchor them...

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Stacking practice bombs

Gender equality in modern times

01 Apr 2009

The largest multidisciplinary research network of its kind in the UK is investigating why gender equality is still a pressing social issue in the...

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