Half of all drinkers risk exceeding legal driving limit by underestimating how drunk they are

As many as a half of all drinkers underestimated how drunk they were, judging themselves still safe to drive despite having exceeded the legal driving limit,

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Dec. 7, 2021 ~5 min

Interactive tool helps you decide how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19

Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to open windows or clean surfaces? New

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Dec. 2, 2021 ~5 min


Colour-changing magnifying glass gives clear view of infrared light

By trapping light into tiny crevices of gold, researchers have coaxed molecules to convert invisible infrared into visible light, creating new low-cost

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Dec. 2, 2021 ~4 min

Interactive tool helps people decide how best to protect themselves and others from COVID-19

Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to open windows or clean surfaces? New

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Dec. 2, 2021 ~5 min

Miniature grinding mill closes in on the details of ‘green’ chemical reactions

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new approach for observing mechanochemical reactions — where simple ingredients are ground up to

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Nov. 30, 2021 ~4 min

‘Transformational’ approach to machine learning could accelerate search for new disease treatments

Researchers have developed a new approach to machine learning that ‘learns how to learn’ and out-performs current machine learning methods for drug design,

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Nov. 29, 2021 ~3 min

Collaboration could enable cancer patients to get faster and more personalised treatment

GE Healthcare, the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals have agreed to collaborate on developing an application aiming to improve cancer

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Nov. 29, 2021 ~5 min

‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car

Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape,

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Nov. 25, 2021 ~5 min


For the brain, context is key to new theory of movement and memory

Mathematical model could help in physical therapy and shed light on learning more generally. 

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Nov. 24, 2021 ~8 min

Two-metre COVID-19 rule is ‘arbitrary measurement’ of safety

A new study has shown that the airborne transmission of COVID-19 is highly random and suggests that the two-metre rule was a number chosen from a risk

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Nov. 23, 2021 ~5 min

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