Cambridge Zero

26 November 2019

If we are to avert a climate disaster, we must sharply reduce our emissions, starting today. Cambridge Zero, the ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s ambitious new climate initiative, will generate ideas and innovations to help shape a sustainable future - and equip future generations of leaders with the skills to navigate the global challenges of the coming decades.Ìý

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‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story

26 November 2019

An early example of fake news has been found in the 3000-year-old Babylonian story of Noah and the Ark, which is widely believed to have inspired the Biblical tale. Nine lines etched on ancient clay tablets that tell the Gilgamesh Flood story can now be understood in very different ways – according to a Cambridge academic.

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Artificial leaf

‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas

21 October 2019

A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which could eventually be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to petrol.

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Lost Irish words rediscovered, including the word for ‘oozes pus'

30 August 2019

Researchers from Cambridge and Queen’s ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Belfast have identifiedÌýand defined 500 Irish words, many of which had been lost, and unlocked the secrets of many other misunderstood terms. Their findings can now be freely accessed in the revised version of the online dictionary of Medieval Irish ().

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