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Staff-prisoner relationships are key to managing suicide risk in prison, say researchers

In the wake of a recent increase in prisoner suicide, new research commissioned by the Harris Review on the views and experiences of prison staff suggests that identifying and managing vulnerable prisoners requires the building of staff-prisoner relationships, ‘knowing the prisoners and understanding what makes them tick...

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Novel Thoughts #8: Amy Milton on Hubert Selby’s Requiem for a Dream

New film series Novel Thoughts reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a major role in their lives. In the final film, Dr Amy Milton talks about how Hubert Selby's Requiem for a Dream has inspired her pursuit of treatments for addiction.

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To conduct, or to insulate? That is the question

Researchers have identified a material that behaves as a conductor and an insulator at the same time, challenging current understanding of how materials behave, and pointing to a new type of insulating state.

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Major Gift for Cambridge Economics research

American husband and wife philanthropists are to make a multi-million pound gift to the University of Cambridge to enhance the teaching and research of its prestigious Economics Faculty.

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Traders’ hormones ‘may destabilise financial markets’

The hormones testosterone and cortisol may destabilise financial markets by making traders take more risks, according to a study published today in Scientific Reports .

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“Map Of Life” predicts ET. (So where is he?)

The author of a new study of evolutionary convergence argues that the development of life on Earth is predictable, meaning that similar organisms should therefore have appeared on other, Earth-like planets by now.

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“Map Of Life” predicts ET. (So where is he?)

The author of a new study of evolutionary convergence argues that the development of life on Earth is predictable, meaning that similar organisms should therefore have appeared on other, Earth-like planets by now.

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E is for Elephant

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, E is for Elephant: an animal that takes pride of place in the Parker Library's manuscripts, is frequently in conflict with people in Thailand and parts of Africa, and is the focus of some...

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Women’s faces get redder at ovulation, but human eyes can’t pick up on it

Past research shows men find female faces more attractive at peak fertility. A new study shows an increased redness of women’s face skin at the most fertile point of ovulatory cycle, but just under the threshold for detectability, ruling out skin colouration as a driver of the attractiveness effect.

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Cambridge conference on Colombia says education holds key to sustainable peace

Over 5,000 miles separate Cambridge from Colombia. Yet an international event, hosted by the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education, may have a meaningful impact on a drawn-out peace negotiation process that aims to put an end to over fifty years of uninterrupted conflict in the South American country.

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