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Read more at: COP23: Concrete commitments to action on climate issues

COP23: Concrete commitments to action on climate issues

22 November 2017

The common message from all sides at the COP23 conference was that action to get on track towards the objectives of the Paris Climate Change Agreement - and to ultimately achieve the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals - is urgent, and drastic action is needed to drive climate action further and faster ahead. Below is a summary of the key commitments from this year's conference.

Read more at: New Secretary of State for International Development

New Secretary of State for International Development

22 November 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed the Rt Hon. Penny Mordaunt as International Development Secretary.

Read more at: Cambridge expert jointly leads international push to reduce global burden of traumatic brain injury

Cambridge expert jointly leads international push to reduce global burden of traumatic brain injury

22 November 2017

Substantial reductions in the global burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI) could be achieved with improved policies for prevention, new directions for clinical care, and novel approaches to research, according to The Lancet Neurology Commission on TBI, co-led by Professor David Menon from the Division of Anaesthesia.

Read more at: Tackling antibiotic resistance: researchers slash survey costs with satellites

Tackling antibiotic resistance: researchers slash survey costs with satellites

22 November 2017

Researchers at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health (University of Oxford) are gathering data on the use of antibiotics in remote villages in rural Thailand and Laos using satellite images that are freely available online.

Read more at: Cambridge research associate among winners at the AHRC Research in Film Awards 2017

Cambridge research associate among winners at the AHRC Research in Film Awards 2017

22 November 2017

Beth Singler (Faraday Institute for Science and Religion) won the 2017 AHRC Best Research Film of the Year for her short "Pain in the Machine", a film examining the potential impact on robots and AI that would come with their feeling pain. Hers is one of five films to have been awarded prizes in 2017.

Read more at: New report published on CCS as a climate change mitigation tool

New report published on CCS as a climate change mitigation tool

22 November 2017

A report launched in late October finds that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) should be seen as an important component of a portfolio of mitigation technologies for meeting climate change targets. The report, titled "The Role of CCS in Meeting Climate Policy Targets", was commissioned by the Global CCS Institute, and authored independently by a team of academic researchers from the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, the UCL Energy Institute, the UCL Faculty of Laws, the University of Edinburgh and the UK Energy Research Centre.

Read more at: Cambridge announced as partner in Faraday Battery Institute

Cambridge announced as partner in Faraday Battery Institute

22 November 2017

The Business Secretary Greg Clark has announced the consortium of universities that will form the Faraday Battery Institute, which includes the University of Cambridge. The Institute is part of the UK government’s £246 million investment in battery technology.

Read more at: COP23: Climate-hit nations ask "Who will pay the rising costs of disasters?"

COP23: Climate-hit nations ask "Who will pay the rising costs of disasters?"

22 November 2017

As climate change-driven storms, floods and other disasters bring escalating financial losses, how will the costs be paid? This was a crucial question at the COP23 climate talks early in November.

Read more at: European Commission investing €6bn in digital research through Horizon 2020

European Commission investing €6bn in digital research through Horizon 2020

22 November 2017

The last phase of Horizon 2020, the EU's Research and Innovation programme, has been launched. Roughly €6bn out of the overall budget of €30bn will be spent on research and innovations in the ICT sector.

Read more at: NIH study identifies new targets for anti-malaria drugs

NIH study identifies new targets for anti-malaria drugs

22 November 2017

The deadliest malaria parasite needs two proteins to infect red blood cells and exit the cells after it multiplies, a finding that may provide researchers with potential new targets for drug development, according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study appears in a recent issue of Science.

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