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Paradigm shift in understanding abrupt past climate change
A new research study led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar backs up for the first time what had previously been a hypothesis about how and whether changes in ocean circulation are linked with […]
The fabric of life
Callie Vandewiele [2014] was unschooled until she was 16. She is now doing a PhD in Latin American Studies focused on traditional Guatemalan textiles at the University of Cambridge. Callie […]
Study shows sex bias in how chimps prepare for tool use
New research shows a difference between the sexes in immature chimpanzees when it comes to preparing for adulthood by practising object manipulation – considered ‘preparation’ for tool use in later […]
Doctors liken keeping patients alive unnecessarily to torture
Trainee doctors think they are being asked to prolong some patients’ lives unnecessarily and describe such cases as being tantamount to torture and abuse, according to a new study. The […]
Clive Stafford Smith to give Annual Lecture
The distinguished human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, whose campaigning work has resulted in the release of 69 Guantánamo prisoners, including Shaker Aamer, will deliver this year’s Annual Gates Cambridge […]
Understanding maths anxiety
What makes some people less likely to do well at maths than others? Why are women more likely to avoid STEM subjects than men? Chiara Avancini’s research aims to find […]
Riding through the Rockies
A Gates Cambridge Scholar spent the summer cycling 2,900 miles across the Rocky Mountains towards Mexico along the longest off-pavement bike route in the world. Libby Blanchard [2012] rode from Banff in […]
Understanding the complexity of dengue fever
An international consortium of laboratories worldwide that are studying the differences among dengue viruses has shown that while the long-held view that there are four genetically-distinct types of the virus […]
Creating refugee camp entrepreneurs
Policymakers should foster entrepreneurship at refugee camps to help fill an “institutional void” that leads to despair, boredom and crime, according to a new paper co-authored by a Gates Cambridge […]
Investing in healthy populations
Healthy populations can drive socio-economic growth and we have to find the right mechanisms for different organsiations who profit from them, including businesses, to work together and invest in them, […]
