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Six world-changing ideas in 90 seconds
The film, a distinctive take on innovation, employs a custom-built chain-reaction device, taking viewers beyond the licences, patents and investment that are central to CE, by illustrating the impact...
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Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short...
The report, “Unhedgeable Risk: How climate change sentiment impacts investment,” concluded that about half of this potential loss could be avoided through portfolio reallocation, while the other half...
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More or less ethical
Do the ethics of a person’s negotiating tactics differ when they negotiate with someone from a different country? A new study co-authored at University of Cambridge Judge Business School suggests that...
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Heads up: Cambridge holographic technology adopted by Jaguar Land Rover
Cambridge researchers have developed a new type of head-up display for vehicles which is the first to use laser holographic techniques to project information such as speed, direction and navigation...
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Cambridge Judge Business School celebrates 25th anniversary with new Simon...
The groundbreaking for a £32 million expansion of Cambridge Judge Business School capped a 25th anniversary year that also included a focus on women in business, creation of a new Entrepreneurship...
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Beware the ‘awestruck effect’
While charismatic leaders may be magnetic, they can cause their followers to suppress emotions, which can harm companies through increased strain, lower job satisfaction and reduced information...
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John Maynard Keynes: great economist, poor currency trader
A detailed new study of the chequered currency-trading record of John Maynard Keynes might make today’s overconfident currency speculators think twice.While Keynes was one of the most famous economists...
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Fuel cell electrolyte developed to offer cleaner, more efficient energy
These new materials offer the possibility of either significantly improving the efficiency of current high-temperature fuel cell systems, or achieving the same performance levels at much lower...
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How to get teams to share information
The study reveals that teams across the land are not playing nicely after all. In fact, there are many occasions when we choose not to share information with colleagues if we think it can harm our own...
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Tackling inequality in computer science
An African revolution in computer science When he went to university in South Africa, Riaz Moola came face to face with the huge differences in educational opportunity in his country, particularly in...
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Making operating systems safer and faster with ‘unikernels’
Specialised computer software components to improve the security, speed and scale of data processing in cloud computing are being developed by a University of Cambridge spin-out company. The company,...
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UK online alternative finance market grows to £3.2 billion in 2015
This is a significant increase in volume, but growth of the online alternative finance market is slowing down, with the annual growth in 2014/2015 being nearly half the 161% growth from 2013/14....
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'Artificial empathy' could help stores improve recommendations for customers
Imagine trying on a piece of clothing, only to find that when you’ve put it on, a computer is able to read your facial expressions and body language so that it can make recommendations for other items...
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Pioneering centre for physical sciences-industry collaborations opens at...
A centrepiece for industrial partnership with the physical sciences and engineering officially opens today. The building will be opened by David Harding, whose generous sponsorship of the Physics of...
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Spending for smiles: money can buy happiness after all
People who spent more money on purchases which matched their personality were happier, found the study, published in the journal Psychological Science. According to the researchers, matching spending...
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UK steel can survive if it transforms itself, say researchers
The report, by Professor Julian Allwood, argues that in order to survive, the UK steel industry needs to refocus itself on steel recycling and on producing products for end users. He argues that...
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Unlocking innovation in the supply chain
In order to stay innovative, many leading companies run internal programmes, covering a wide range of subjects from technology innovation to business model innovation. But these programmes, in many...
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Reading the face of a leader
Past studies have shown that, in competitive settings, people prefer both male and female leaders to have masculine facial characteristics – because these are perceived as signalling competitive...
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Opinion: Uber should take its lead from Thomas Cook’s battle with Victorian...
App-based ride company Uber has been battling the “establishment” around the world, from traditional black taxi drivers in London to regulators in Australia. But Uber is far from the first upstart...
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Urgent action needed to close UK languages gap
The findings are included in a new report, The Value of Languages, published by the University of Cambridge this week, after wide-ranging consultation with government bodies and agencies including the...
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