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Speeding up the spread of information
Technology is evolving fast and it is only fairly recently that rapidly increasing speeds in communication networks have allowed the field of distributed computing to flourish. Distributed computing allows the resources of […]
Preventing a genetic uprising in early life
Molecules called endosiRNAs help us avoid genetic chaos, according to a new study from the Babraham Institute, led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Much of the human genome contains pieces […]
Monitoring bridge infrastructure
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has spoken at a major UK meeting of bridge owners on one of the main causes of bridge erosion. Kasun Kariyawasam spoke at the UK Bridge […]
Scholars to speak at Internal Symposium
Four Gates Cambridge Scholars are presenting their research at an Internal Symposium on 1st November on subjects ranging from the mental health of women in the slums of Mumbai and […]
A tale of the messenger’s tail
DNA contains information needed to make proteins – the basic building block of a cell. The information in the DNA is first transcribed into an intermediate messenger RNA (mRNA), which […]
Crime down the generations
Children with criminal parents are more than twice as likely to themselves exhibit criminal behaviour, according to a new wide-ranging study led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar which suggests intergenerational […]
Scholar appointed to Latino Affairs commission
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been appointed as a Commissioner on the Pennsylvania Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs. Carlos Adolfo Gonzalez [2015], who did his MPhil at the University of Cambridge […]
Gates Scholar to speak at Black History Month event
Gates Cambridge Scholar Wale Adenbanwi will speak at an event to commemorate 30 years of Black History Month next week. Wale, the first Black African Rhodes Professor of Race Relations […]
Scholar appointed co-director of human rights centre
Gates Cambridge Scholar Ella McPherson has been appointed Co-Director of the Centre of Governance and Human Rights at the University of Cambridge. Ella is Lecturer in the Sociology of New […]
Scholars tell their stories
Four Gates Cambridge Scholars will tell their stories of life in the field at an event on 19th October. The Scholar Stories event will cover archaeology from the Mediterranean to […]
