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Released: 28-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
How air pollution can harm team performance
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High levels of air pollution can harm performance of teams, which are vital for solving complex problems such as developing clean energy technologies and vaccines, and this could harm economic development in highly polluted emerging economies, says a new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.

Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Having a ‘regular doctor’ can significantly reduce GP workload, study finds
University of Cambridge

If all GP practices moved to a model where patients saw the same doctor at each visit, it could significantly reduce doctor workload while improving patient health, a study suggests.

19-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
Long COVID linked to persistently high levels of inflammatory protein: a potential biomarker and target for treatments
University of Cambridge

SARS-CoV-2 triggers the production of the antiviral protein IFN-γ, which is associated with fatigue, muscle ache and depression. New research shows that in Long COVID patients, IFN-y production persists until symptoms improve, highlighting a potential biomarker and a target for therapies.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Sensors made from ‘frozen smoke’ can detect toxic formaldehyde in homes and offices
University of Cambridge

Researchers have developed a sensor made from ‘frozen smoke’ that uses artificial intelligence techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time at concentrations as low as eight parts per billion, far beyond the sensitivity of most indoor air quality sensors.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 9:55 AM EST
Study finds strongest evidence to date of brain’s ability to compensate for age-related cognitive decline
University of Cambridge

Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that our brains can compensate for age-related deterioration by recruiting other areas to help with brain function and maintain cognitive performance.

16-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Removing largest wine glass serving reduces amount of wine sold in bars and pubs
University of Cambridge

Taking away the largest serving of wine by the glass – in most cases the 250ml option – led to an average reduction in the amount of wine sold at pubs and bars of just under 8%, new research led by a team at the University of Cambridge has discovered

Released: 18-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed
University of Cambridge

Researchers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the dawn of the universe, and found that it is ‘eating’ its host galaxy to death.

Newswise: ‘Mini-placentas’ help scientists understand the causes of pre-eclampsia and pregnancy disorders
Released: 18-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
‘Mini-placentas’ help scientists understand the causes of pre-eclampsia and pregnancy disorders
University of Cambridge

Scientists have grown ‘mini-placentas’ in the lab and used them to shed light on how the placenta develops and interacts with the inner lining of the womb – findings that could help scientists better understand and, in future, potentially treat pre-eclampsia.

Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Water molecule discovery contradicts textbook models
University of Cambridge

Textbook models will need to be re-drawn after a team of researchers found that water molecules at the surface of salt water are organised differently than previously thought.

Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning
University of Cambridge

Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could accelerate the design process for new drugs.

   
8-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Feeling depressed linked to short-term increase in bodyweight among people with overweight or obesity, study finds
University of Cambridge

Increases in symptoms of depression are associated with a subsequent increase in bodyweight when measured one month later, new research from the University of Cambridge has found.

Released: 5-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Mysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus revealed
University of Cambridge

What are the clouds of Venus made of? Scientists know it’s mainly made of sulfuric acid droplets, with some water, chlorine, and iron. Their concentrations vary with height in the thick and hostile Venusian atmosphere. But until now they have been unable to identify the missing component that would explain the clouds’ patches and streaks, only visible in the UV range.

Released: 2-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Reducing inequality is essential in tackling climate crisis, researchers argue
University of Cambridge

In a report just published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers argue that tackling inequality is vital in moving the world towards Net-Zero – because inequality constrains who can feasibly adopt low-carbon behaviours.

Released: 20-Dec-2023 4:05 PM EST
Emissions and evasions
University of Cambridge

The world’s top fossil fuel firms subtly reset online conversations about climate change by ignoring discussions of extreme weather in favour of sharing praise for their own sustainability work, according to a new research paper in Nature’s npj | Climate Action series.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Disadvantaged children’s struggles at school have “little to do” with character, attitude or a lack of ‘growth mindset’
University of Cambridge

The relative underperformance of disadvantaged students at school has little do with them lacking the ‘character’, attitude, or mindset of their wealthier peers, despite widespread claims to the contrary, new research indicates.

Released: 18-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Time to move on from ‘doctor knows best’, say experts, as study finds clinicians rank patient views as least important in diagnosis
University of Cambridge

Experts today call for more value to be given to patients’ ‘lived experiences’ as a study of over 1,000 patients and clinicians found multiple examples of patient reports being under-valued.

Released: 12-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
How a drought led to the rise of skateboarding in 1970s California
University of Cambridge

It’s fairly well-known that a drought in southern California in the mid-1970s led to a ban on filling backyard swimming pools, and these empty pools became playgrounds for freestyle skateboarders in the greater Los Angeles area.

Released: 7-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Using machine learning to monitor driver ‘workload’ could help improve road safety
University of Cambridge

Researchers have developed an adaptable algorithm that could improve road safety by predicting when drivers are able to safely interact with in-vehicle systems or receive messages, such as traffic alerts, incoming calls or driving directions.

   
Newswise: Researchers redesign future mRNA therapeutics to prevent potentially harmful immune responses
Released: 6-Dec-2023 6:05 PM EST
Researchers redesign future mRNA therapeutics to prevent potentially harmful immune responses
University of Cambridge

Researchers have discovered that misreading of therapeutic mRNAs by the cell’s decoding machinery can cause an unintended immune response in the body. They have identified the sequence within the mRNA that causes this to occur and found a way to prevent ‘off-target’ immune responses to enable the safer design of future mRNA therapeutics.

Released: 5-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
Diamonds and rust help unveil ‘impossible’ quasi-particles
University of Cambridge

Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles – isolated magnetic charges – in a material closely related to rust, a result that could be used to power greener and faster computing technologies.



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