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Strategy unveiled to boost innovation in Cambridge

 An ambitious new strategy to nurture and grow its innovation ecosystem has been unveiled at Cambridge summit.
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UK needs AI legislation to create trust so companies can ‘plug AI into British economy’

Legislating for AI safety and transparency will allow British industry and education to put resources into AI development with confidence, argue researchers.

UK needs AI legislation to create trust so companies can ‘plug AI into British economy’ – report

Legislating for AI safety and transparency will allow British industry and education to put resources into AI development with confidence, argue researchers.
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Scientists begin building AI for scientific discovery using tech behind ChatGPT

An international team of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, have launched a new research collaboration that will leverage the same technology behind ChatGPT to build an AI-powered tool for scientific discovery.
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Simulations of ‘backwards time travel’ can improve scientific experiments

Physicists have shown that simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve using standard physics.
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Message from the Vice-Chancellor

Following recent appalling events in Israel and Gaza, we are deeply saddened by the loss of innocent lives in Israel, the impact of the escalating violence in Gaza, and the fate of hostages. We share the concerns of our students and staff over the fear and uncertainty faced by their loved ones in Israel and Palestine.
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New milestone for specialist children’s hospital in the East of England

Cambridge Children’s Hospital, which will be the first specialist children’s hospital for the East of England, has been given the green light to proceed to the final stage of its business case development. This means that pre-construction works can begin on the site of the new hospital, opposite the Rosie Maternity Hospital on Robinson Way, early next year.
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Latest Gaia data release reveals rare lenses, cluster cores and unforeseen science

The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has released a goldmine of knowledge about our galaxy and beyond. Among other findings, the star surveyor has surpassed its planned potential to reveal half a million new and faint stars in a massive cluster, identified over 380 possible cosmic lenses, and pinpointed the positions of more than 150,000 asteroids within the Solar System.
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Young children who are close to their parents are more likely to grow up kind, helpful and ‘prosocial’

Study using data from 10,000 people in the UK found that those who had a closer bond with their parents at age 3 tended to display more socially-desirable behaviours like kindness, empathy and generosity, by adolescence.
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Cambridge Zero highlights University efforts at Climate Week NYC

Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh took centre stage at the world's biggest climate event of its kind in New York to talk to global leaders of government, business and philanthropy about Cambridge’s efforts to tackle climate change.

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