The size and spin of black holes can reveal important information about how and where they formed, according to new research

System to auto-detect new variants will inform better response to future infectious disease outbreaks

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Israel-Hezbollah conflict has deepened an education crisis in which children have lost up to 60% of schooling in six years, study shows

A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and Asia.

A third of people from Chicago carry concealed handguns in public before they reach middle age

Researchers deal a blow to theory that Venus once had liquid water on its surface

Urban trees can reduce pedestrian-level air temperatures by up to 12°C

An MRI-based imaging technique developed at the University of Cambridge predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumours to treatment, and rapidly reveals how well treatment is working…

Security Engineering - A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems (Textbook)

Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women

People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research has found

Time alone heightens ‘threat alert’ in teenagers – even when connecting on social media

Scientists warn of ‘invisible threat’ of microplastics as global treaty nears completion

A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of the protein tau, which causes various forms of dementia and is implicated in Alzheimer’s disease

Security Engineering - A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems

Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence

Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows rapid improvement for depression

Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighbourhoods

Previously unknown Neolithic society in Oued Beht, Morocco discovered

Personal carbon footprint of the rich is vastly underestimated

Climate change will move and reduce the land suitable for growing food and timber, putting the production of these two vital resources into direct competition, a new study has found

Hawking Archive made available to historians and researchers

Four in ten children in Central London who travelled to school by car switched to more active modes of transport, such as walking, cycling, or public transport, following the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)

High cholesterol levels at a young age are a significant risk factor for atherosclerosis, according to ultrasound scans of the carotid arteries of +2,000 patients aged ~30 and ~50

Implementation of Functional Languages Using Custom Hardware (1985)

Cambridge researchers have shown that reducing the serving size by 10% for beer, lager and cider reduces the volume of those drinks consumed in pubs, bars and restaurants…

Researchers have shown that reducing the serving size for beer, lager and cider reduces the volume of those drinks consumed in pubs, bars and restaurants, which could have wider public health benefits

Mother’s gut microbiome during pregnancy shapes baby’s brain development

Rossfest Symposium and Festschrift in memory of Ross Anderson

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