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Jul 17, 2024
Category: Funding, Research, Training
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MPhil in Basic & Translational Neuroscience – Call for Projects Now Open!

The Cambridge Neuroscience MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience has accepted its 8th cohort of students due to start in October 2024. The course has proved very successful in its first few years (50 excellent

Jul 16, 2024
Category: Research
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Artificial intelligence outperforms clinical tests at predicting progress of Alzheimer’s disease

Cambridge scientists have developed an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs of dementia will remain stable or develop Alzheimer’s disease.

Jul 10, 2024
Category: Research
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Getting to grips with an extra thumb!

An emerging area of future technology is motor augmentation – using motorised wearable devices such as exoskeletons or extra robotic body parts to advance our motor capabilities beyond

Jul 10, 2024
Category: Research
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Study uncovers how the brain simulates possible future actions by drawing from our stored memories

Study uncovers how the brain simulates possible future actions by drawing from our stored memories In pausing to think before making an important decision, we may imagine the potential outcomes

Jun 11, 2024
Category: Research
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New insights into consciousness and brain function

In a Review just published at Trends in Neurosciences, Cambridge neuroscientists, Andrea Luppi, Emmanuel Stamatakis and David Menon outline how we can

May 29, 2024
Category: Research
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One in two children with ADHD experience emotional problems, study finds

Cambridge scientists have shown that problems regulating emotions – which can manifest as depression, anxiety and explosive outbursts – may be a core symptom of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

May 29, 2024
Category: Research, Uncategorized
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Over 20,000 people join search for new dementia treatments

More than 20,000 volunteers have been recruited to a resource aimed at speeding up the development of much-needed dementia drugs. The cohort will enable scientists in universities and industry to

May 15, 2024
Category: Research
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Over 20,000 people join search for new dementia treatments

More than 20,000 volunteers have been recruited to a resource aimed at speeding up the development of much-needed dementia drugs. The cohort will enable scientists in universities and industry to

Apr 29, 2024
Category: Archive, Awards & External Networks, Funding, Research
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The Edward Mallen Prize for Mental Health Research

The Edward Mallen Prize for Mental Health Research The Edward Mallen Prize for Mental Health Research is a £20,000 prize funded by the MindEd Trust, which will be awarded to

Apr 29, 2024
Category: Research, Uncategorized
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Robotic nerve ‘cuffs’ could help treat a range of neurological conditions

Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibres without damaging them. “The ability to make an implant that can change shape