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4,000-year-old handprint discovered on ancient Egyptian tomb offering

Researchers have unveiled an ancient Egyptian handprint that was left on a soul house tomb offering 4,000 years ago.

LiveScience

Former culture secretary Lord Chris Smith elected as Cambridge chancellor

More than 23,000 alumni and staff from the university voted online for the first time to elect the new chancellor.

Evening Standard

AI chatbots can boost public health in Africa – why language inclusion matters

Language technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) hold significant potential for public health. From outbreak detection systems that scan global news in real time, to chatbots providing mental health support and conversational diagnostic tools improving access to primary care, these innovations are helping address health challenges.

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Ariel Harmoko's Journey From The Racetrack To AI Innovation

From racing circuits to research labs to the entrepreneurial world, Harmoko's path should serve as inspiration for those hoping to channel their excellence in seemingly unrelated fields into impactful ventures in another.

International Business Times

Less aggressive treatment for low-risk breast cancer ‘just as effective’ – trial

More than 37,000 women have radiotherapy for breast cancer in the UK every year.

The Independent UK

New breast cancer treatment may ‘transform’ care and reduce debilitating side effects

More than 37,000 women have radiotherapy for breast cancer in the UK every year

The Independent UK

‘Life-changing’ drug for teenager who lost mother, aunt and uncle to condition

Mary Catchpole, 19, suffers from inherited activated PI3-Kinase delta syndrome (APDS), a life-threatening condition

Evening Standard

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Breakthrough for teen who lost four family members to inherited condition

Mary Catchpole, 19, has the same life-threatening genetic condition, activated PI3-Kinase delta syndrome (APDS)

The Independent UK

English universities barred from enforcing blanket bans on student protests

Office for Students guidance urges ‘very strong’ approach to permitting lawful speech on campus

The Guardian - UK

'Huge surprise' reveals how some humans left Africa 50,000 years ago

How did Homo sapiens manage to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago, when earlier treks out of the continent had ended in failure?

LiveScience

Women issued safety warning over period tracker apps

Many women download period tracker apps when they are trying to get pregnant

The Independent UK

The Guardian launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge

Secure Messaging is a new innovation for confidential story-sharing and source protection, underpinning the Guardian’s commitment to investigative journalism. The Guardian has published the open source code for this important tech to enable adoption by other media organisations.

The Guardian - UK

Sandi Toksvig and Gina Miller hoping to become first female Cambridge chancellor

The University of Cambridge has published the final list of candidates for the election of the institution’s formal and ceremonial head.

Evening Standard

Increasing breast cancer screenings could save hundreds of lives a year, researchers say

Around 700 lives a year could be saved with extra measures, researchers say

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Improved breast screening could detect extra 3,500 cancers a year in UK – study

During a clinical trial using additional scans, an extra 85 cancers were found.

The Independent UK

I don’t eat before noon – but I worry it’s a bad idea

IN FOCUS: Depending on which research you read, breakfast is either the most important meal of the day or something that can be skipped entirely. As she takes up intermittent fasting, Charlotte Cripps digs into the contradictions that surround eating in the morning

LiveScience

Severe drought helped bring about 'barbarian' invasion of Roman Britain, study finds

A drought helped bring about an invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, researchers wrote in a new paper.

The Independent UK

Teenagers who sleep longer and earlier are likely to do better at tests, study finds

The study showed that those who slept longer and earlier had better reading, vocabulary and problem solving skills than their counterparts

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Youngsters who sleep longer may perform better in tests, study suggests

The group that slept the longest performed the best, the research showed.

Euronews

Scientists find 'strongest sign to date' of possible life on a distant planet

The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet's atmosphere that on Earth are only produced by living organisms.

Evening Standard

‘Strongest evidence yet’ found of alien life beyond our planet

A team from the University of Cambridge made the discovery on exoplanet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away from Earth.

The Guardian - UK

Researchers develop AI tool that could speed up coeliac disease diagnosis

Cambridge study finds algorithm is as effective as a pathologist in detecting disease – and much quicker

Euronews

People will stop making predictions, Professor David Spiegelhalter says

Can probabilities help people prepare for the future? According to statistician David Spiegelhalter, yes—but only if they have been carefully examined through mathematical analysis.

Evening Standard

Cambridge University in row over claims Stephen Hawking benefited from slavery-linked funds

Cambridge is in a dispute with academics after an exhibition linked Stephan Hawking with the slave trade

LiveScience

New AI is better at weather prediction than supercomputers — and it consumes 1000s of times less energy

The Aardvark Weather machine learning algorithm is much faster than traditional systems and can work on a desktop computer.

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