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Net zero climate targets cover more than half of Americans
More than half of Americans [53%] live in a jurisdiction with a net zero target, according to new research which says subnational commitments represent an opportunity for the Biden-Harris Administration […]
Investigating the science of waking up
Do you wake up feeling refreshed and full of energy? That’s the traditional depiction of a good night’s sleep, but for many it is not the case. In the first […]
Putting students at the centre of enterprise
When Noah Isserman was born his late father, an urban planning professor, wrote a paper in which he said: “We must be concerned with what is humanly possible, not just […]
Undoing the erasure of Black women’s lives
Anna Malaika Tubbs always wanted to be a public intellectual – to speak up for Black women whose lives have been erased from public view and to talk to the […]
Review highlights advances in study of early human development
Pluripotent stem cells-based models serve as an excellent tool to study early human development, given that legislation forbids using human embryos to do so, according to a review. The review, […]
Research reveals psychological ‘signature’ for the extremist mind
Researchers have mapped an underlying “psychological signature” for people who are predisposed to holding extreme social, political or religious attitudes and support violence in the name of ideology. A new […]
Investigating the factors that make cell condensates stable
Like the British Library with its 170 million specimens, the interior of a cell contains a myriad of different proteins and other biomolecules that need to be carefully catalogued in […]
Small impact of public private partnership schools on public school enrollment
Placing a public private partnership school near a public school has a relatively minor impact on public school enrollment, according to a new study carried out in Pakistan. Pakistan has […]
21st Century Body Politics
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been awarded a fellowship to produce a podcast series on 21st century body politics. Ronja Griep has been awarded a Cambridge Centre for International Research […]
First cohort of Gates Cambridge Class of 2021 announced
Twenty four of the most academically outstanding and socially committed US citizens have been selected to be part of the 2021 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars at the University of […]
