Tag: University of Cambridge

A solar-driven technology that could help to address plastic pollution and greenhouse gases

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Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed the system, which can convert two waste streams into two chemical products at the same time – the first Read more about A solar-driven technology that could help to address plastic pollution and greenhouse gases[…]

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HR technosolutionism could be better

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Recent years have seen the emergence of AI tools marketed as an answer to lack of diversity in the workforce, from use of chatbots and CV scrapers to line up prospective candidates, through to analysis software for video interviews. Those behind the technology claim it cancels out human biases against gender and ethnicity during recruitment, Read more about HR technosolutionism could be better[…]

Sometimes it’s worth taking the time to stop and think

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Humans are hard-wired to prefer experiences that end well, and the influence of previous experience declines the longer ago it happened. This means we can’t always trust that choices we make based on previous experience will serve our best interests in the future. New research, published today in The Journal of Neuroscience, has revealed that two Read more about Sometimes it’s worth taking the time to stop and think[…]

A new method of implementing an ‘unbreakable’ quantum cryptographic system

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Researchers have developed a new method to overcome one of the main issues in implementing a quantum cryptography system, raising the prospect of a usable ‘unbreakable’ method for sending sensitive information hidden inside particles of light. By ‘seeding’ one laser beam inside another, the researchers, from the University of Cambridge and Toshiba Research Europe, have Read more about A new method of implementing an ‘unbreakable’ quantum cryptographic system[…]