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Omicron variant study could contribute to future vaccine development
All the omicron strains are different from the original COVID infection and from each other, but repeated exposure to pre-omicron variants can protect against omicron variants, according to a new […]
Scholar wins prestigious business book award
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won a prestigious business book publishing prize for her proposal on the pioneering work of climate change entrepreneurs. Âriel de Fauconberg was one of three […]
Decolonising energy policy research
Energy policy in the Global South needs to be rooted in the local context, according to a new paper, co-authored by a Gates Cambridge Scholar, which outlines ways of bridging […]
Is climate change affecting animals’ body size?
New evidence shows that some mammals increase in size in warmer settings, upsetting established norms and suggesting that climate change may be having an unexpected impact on animal body size. […]
How anti-black logic travelled back to Africa
When she first started doing Women’s Studies, Ola Osman [2019] spent time in Liberia researching the impact of the civil war on women. For her PhD she has taken a […]
Research impact award for pangolin expert
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been selected for the University of Cambridge’s Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Impact and Engagement for his work with communities and law enforcement agents in Nigeria […]
Reports chart impact of climate change on health
Europe is facing unprecedented and overlapping crises that are detrimental to human health and livelihoods which continued investment in fossil fuels is exacerbating, according to the first indicator report** of […]
Unknown spiders, organic soap and Land Rovers on the road to Cambridge
When he was on his gap year Alberto Borges [2022] travelled to the north of Kenya to explore a remote area of the country which he knew little about. While […]
Toy hackathon helps children with severe disabilities to communicate
A first of its kind toy hackathon has been organised by a Gates Cambridge Scholar to help children with severe disabilities communicate with the world. Pradipta Biswas [2006], associate professor […]
Dust plumes observed being ‘pushed’ into interstellar space by intense starlight
Astronomers have observed directly for the first time how intense light from stars can ‘push’ matter. Researchers from the universities of Cambridge and Sydney made the observation when tracking a […]
