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SimPrints to pilot in Bangladesh
Gates Cambridge Scholars are teaming up with a mobile health organisation in Bangladesh to pilot a fingerprint identification service which could have implications for global health, microfinance and fighting corruption. […]
Deforestation starves fish
Research led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar shows forest debris that drains into lakes is an important contributor to freshwater food chains – bolstering fish diets to the extent that […]
Out of the margins of history
The history of the transportation of convicts between Mexico and the Philippines is little studied and throws up interesting and often messy details about the nature of colonisation in the […]
Protecting forest communities
The vagueness of safeguards aimed at protecting the interests of forest communities may mean that they end up being marginalised from moves to conserve their environment, according to research by a Gates […]
Start-up savvy
Two Gates Cambridge Scholars who have set up social enterprises in the health and education sectors and an Alumnus who advises technology start-ups will share their experiences at an event […]
Tara Cookson wins Bill Gates Senior Prize
Tara Cookson has been awarded the second Bill Gates Senior Prize in recognition of her outstanding research, her dedication to improving the lives of others and her work to promote […]
Building on nature’s complex architecture
New techniques that contribute to humans’ ability to create complex synthetic matter have been developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge. Research on these new techniques, led by Derrick […]
New ways of investing
A Gates Cambridge Scholar will receive the Academic Excellence Award from the Society for the Advancement for Socio-Economics for a paper on impact investing. Queen Nworisara-Quinn will present her paper […]
Energy source
Ritankar Das has been researching alternative energy sources for over seven years. He is also writing a book on education, has set up an NGO and is on advisory boards […]
Critical leadership crucial for global health
One of the greatest challenges facing the world in the next decade will be developing critical, inspiring leaders of global organisations, Jeremy Farrar, Head of the Wellcome Trust, told a […]
