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- Tezos and Cambridge University Partnership to Facilitate Reforestation https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/partnerships/tezos-and-cambridge-university-partnership-to-facilitate-reforestation/ 18 comments cryptocurrency
- While autistic individuals are less likely to use substances, those who do so are more likely to self-medicate for their mental health symptoms, according to new research from the University of Cambridge and published today in The Lancet Psychiatry. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/uoc-aim063021.php 7 comments science
- Stephen Hawking's archive joins that of Newton (and Darwin) at Cambridge University Library https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/hawkingarchive 3 comments space
- Lab-grown ‘mini-bile ducts’ by scientists from Cambridge university to repair human livers in regenerative medicine first https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lab-grown-mini-bile-ducts-used-to-repair-human-livers-in-regenerative-medicine-first 4 comments science
- Bitcoin uses more electricity annually than the whole of Argentina, analysis by Cambridge University suggests. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56012952 45 comments worldnews
- Charles Darwin’s notebooks reported stolen from Cambridge University https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/nov/24/charles-darwins-notebooks-reported-stolen-from-cambridge-university?utm_term=autofeed&cmp=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true 22 comments worldnews
- Charles Darwin's notebooks reported stolen from Cambridge University https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/nov/24/charles-darwins-notebooks-reported-stolen-from-cambridge-university 175 comments worldnews
- Cambridge University historian quits amid fury over his 'slavery was not genocide' claims https://www.sbs.com.au/news/cambridge-university-historian-quits-amid-fury-over-his-slavery-was-not-genocide-claims 86 comments worldnews
- PSA: Programming in Haskell by Graham Hutton is available for free in HTML format until the end of May on Cambridge University Press's Website (along with their other textbooks) https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/programming-in-haskell/8fed82e807ef12d390de0d16fde217e4 17 comments haskell
- PSA: all Cambridge University Texts textbooks are free in HTML format until the end of May https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks 127 comments math
- Cambridge University Launches Bitcoin Network Energy Consumption Index https://beincrypto.com/cambridge-university-launches-bitcoin-network-energy-consumption-index/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=energy&utm_content=jm 4 comments science
- Cambridge slips to lowest-ever place in world university table - Brexit and the financial squeeze affecting universities appear to be taking a toll on Britain’s universities, with many seeing their rankings in international league tables tumbling for the third year in a row. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jun/19/cambridge-slips-to-lowest-ever-place-in-world-university-table 4 comments worldnews
- [Involving New South Wales] 'Submarines' small enough to deliver medicine inside human body [engineers from UNSW, University of Queensland, Stanford University and University of Cambridge] https://phys.org/news/2019-05-submarines-small-medicine-human-body.html 3 comments worldevents
- How many students graduated from medieval Universities like Oxford or Cambridge? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/a4xwdv/how_many_students_graduated_from_medieval/ 24 comments history
- Cambridge University embedded three philosophy postgrads into its world-leading science labs - then made a film about the results. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bridging-the-divide-philosophy-meets-science 58 comments philosophy
- Three students at Cambridge University have gone on hunger strike as part of increasingly bitter campaign to stop university investing in fossil fuel companies...part of ongoing divestment campaign supported by hundreds of academics and scientists – including Sir David King. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/18/students-go-on-hunger-strike-to-pressure-cambridge-university-to-divest-fossil-fuels 91 comments worldnews
- Cambridge University's 'Theoretical Linguistics Collection' made available for free (until 30th April) https://www.cambridge.org/core/browse-subjects/language-and-linguistics/theoretical-linguistics/theoretical-linguistics-collection?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=hootsuite&utm_campaign=theoling_collection 11 comments linguistics
- 21 Year Old Abdus Salam at Cambridge University https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/01/58886e98f063e.jpg 3 comments pakistan
- Cambridge Analytica: links to Moscow oil firm and St Petersburg university https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-academic-trawling-facebook-had-links-to-russian-university 175 comments politics
- Game helps players spot 'fake news' - A game designed to help people understand how fake news and conspiracy theories spread online has been created at the University of Cambridge. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43154667 3 comments technology
- For the first time in 14 years, Times Education Report doesn’t list an American university as the best in the world. Oxford and Cambridge top the list http://uk.businessinsider.com/world-university-rankings-2017-12 77 comments worldnews
- Sheep 'can recognise human faces' - Sheep have demonstrated the ability to recognise familiar human faces, according to a study. Cambridge University researchers were able to train sheep to identify the faces of actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Watson and former US President Barack Obama. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41905652 15 comments worldnews
- Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis gets two million views: Prof Hawking's 1966 work proved so popular on the day of its release it crashed the publications section of Cambridge University's website. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41775910 197 comments worldnews
- Oxford and Cambridge top world university rankings - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/education-41160914 11 comments worldnews
- Cambridge University Press accused of 'selling its soul' over Chinese censorship https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/19/cambridge-university-press-accused-of-selling-its-soul-over-chinese-censorship 5 comments worldnews
- Forced to comply or shut down, Cambridge University Press’s China Quarterly removes 300 articles in China https://qz.com/1056938/cambridge-university-press-china-quarterly-complies-with-censorship-removes-300-articles-on-topics-like-tiananmen-and-tibet-in-china/ 2 comments worldnews
- First self-developing embryo from stem cells created at Cambridge University. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/03/01/science.aal1810 5 comments science
- In the future, a new class of anti-inflammatory drugs could be used to treat depression, say University of Cambridge researchers. http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/18/health/anti-inflammatory-drugs-depression/index.html?sr=twcnni101916nti-inflammatory-drugs-depression0105pmstorylink&linkid=30113436 3 comments science
- "Researchers from UCL, University of Southampton and Cambridge University together with ESA and NASA have uncovered the origin of a colourful display in the night sky called 'theta aurora', explaining for the first time how auroras at high-latitudes form." http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1214/191214-aurora 3 comments science
- Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed artificial muscles which can learn and recall specific movements, the first time that motion control and memory have been combined in a synthetic material. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/artificial-muscle-capable-of-remembering-movements-developed 4 comments science
- New superconductor world record set at 17.6 Tesla by the University of Cambridge scientists, breaking the previous decade-old record by 0.4 Tesla http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140626213359.htm 25 comments science
- Cambridge University Press refuses to publish book on Putin and his 'cronies' because of libel fears http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2014/04/russia 11 comments worldnews
- Scientists from Cambridge University have found a "trigger" for the onset of Alzheimer's disease- a change in the structure of a protein causing a chain reaction of neuron death http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/05/22/1218402110.abstract 26 comments science
- There Is No Invisible Hand: "Frank Hahn, a prominent Cambridge University theorist, sums up the matter: 'We have no good reason to suppose that there are forces which lead the economy to equilibrium.'" http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/04/there_is_no_invisible_hand.html 13 comments economy
- On this day in 1953, Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history 16 comments science
- Killing Kings - A new study by a Cambridge University criminologist reveals just how dangerous it was to be a monarch in Europe before the modern era http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-kings.html 3 comments history
- 1094 Maths Videos To Stream or Download from Cambridge University Lectures http://sms.cam.ac.uk/institution/inims 5 comments math
- Stephen Hawking will retire from his prestigious post at Cambridge University next year http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_people_hawking 2 comments science
- Seeing through walls: University of Cambridge researcher can read your display from 2+ rooms away! http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/04/seeing-through-walls.html 3 comments reddit.com