Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data

Graphene can be used for ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD), with up to a tenfold jump compared to current technologies, researchers at the Cambridge

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June 4, 2021 ~4 min

One in twenty workers are in ‘useless’ jobs – far fewer than previously thought

The so-called ‘bullshit jobs theory’ – which argues that a large and rapidly increasing number of workers are undertaking jobs that they themselves recognise

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June 3, 2021 ~8 min


Extra classroom time may do little to help pupils recover lost learning after COVID-19

Adding extra classroom time to the school day may only result in marginal gains for pupils who have lost learning during the COVID pandemic, a study says.

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May 28, 2021 ~7 min

Many of us could carry up to 17kg of fat due to a change in a single gene

New research has found that one in every 340 people might carry a mutation in a single gene that makes them more likely to have a greater weight from early

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May 27, 2021 ~5 min

Dive bombing Killer flies are so fast they lose steering control

Killer flies can reach accelerations of over 3g when aerial diving to catch their prey – but at such high speeds they often miss because they can’t correct

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May 27, 2021 ~4 min

Switching off heart protein could protect against heart failure

Switching off a heart muscle protein could provide a new way for drugs to combat heart failure in people who’ve had a heart attack, according to research led

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May 27, 2021 ~4 min

Scientists track veil of toxic metals carried in Kīlauea’s gas plumes, revealing hidden dangers of volcanic pollution

A team of volcanologists who observed the colossal 2018 eruption of Kīlauea, Hawai’i, have tracked how potentially toxic metals carried in its gas plumes were

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May 25, 2021 ~6 min

Physical activity may help to close the wealth gap in school attainment by improving self-control

Guaranteeing every child the opportunity to participate in certain types of physical activity could support their academic attainment and help to close the

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May 20, 2021 ~7 min


Cambridge researchers awarded the Millennium Technology Prize

British duo Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman have been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for their development of

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May 18, 2021 ~8 min

Mothers can influence offspring’s height, lifespan and disease risk in unexpected ways – through their mitochondria

Mitochondria -  the ‘batteries’ that power our cells – play an unexpected role in common diseases such as type 2 diabetes and multiple sclerosis, concludes a

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May 17, 2021 ~7 min

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