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Tackling period poverty and fast fashion waste
Jennifer [2017] is the founder of Emporsand, an enterprise that aims to empower women through sanitation. Its first product, a sanitary pad made with the remnants of fast fashion, taps not only into concerns about waste and the environment, but also into period poverty – two of the biggest issues the world is facing today.
Call for global partnerships to address brain injury in less wealthy countries
Nearly 75% of published neurosurgical trials are led by the world’s richest countries, with only 8%, excluding China, being led by lower income countries, according to a new study, which highlights how healthcare […]
Statement in relation to the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Gates Cambridge Trust, one of the University of Cambridge’s funding bodies which supports international postgraduate students, is doing everything necessary to support its scholars during the current Coronavirus pandemic. […]
Architecture on film
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is co-organising a public seminar this week on new methodologies in architectural historical research. Sofia Singler [2016] has been collaborating with acclaimed film director Virpi Suutari over the […]
Large exoplanet could have the right conditions for life
Astronomers have found an exoplanet more than twice the size of Earth to be potentially habitable, opening the search for life to planets significantly larger than Earth but smaller than […]
Medic Mobile launches global health accelerator
A unique non-profit organisation, co-founded by a Gates Cambridge Scholar, which aims to advance good health for the hardest-to-reach communities has announced the creation of a new global health technology accelerator. Medic […]
First batch of the class of 2020 announced
Twenty eight of the most academically outstanding and socially committed US citizens have been selected to be part of the 2020 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars at the University of […]
On a mission to democratise genomics research
When he finished his PhD Dan Greenfield [2005] wanted to keep one foot in academia and the other in business. In the end, due to UK visa restrictions, he was […]
Measuring consciousness
How can we measure consciousness? And what role does understanding how the unconscious brain functions play in improving surgery and treating disorders of consciousness? A new study, on which Gates Cambridge […]
Understanding how proteins fold
A new study co-authored by a Gates Cambridge Scholar sheds light on the mechanisms of protein folding and could be an important step towards developing treatments for age-related diseases. Lisa […]
