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The number of hedgehogs in rural areas has fallen by 75% since the start of this century

TESSERA - the AI model helping to protect hedgehogs from space

19 May 2026

Hedgehogs are under threat. Government surveys suggest they've declined 75% in rural areas since 2000, and sightings of them in our gardens are rare. But thanks to researchers here, the animals are now getting help from an unlikely ally: AI.

The IEEE awarded its 2026 'Test of Time' Award in Security and Privacy to research into why it's so hard to find alternatives to passwords

'Test of Time' Award for research into why we can't do without passwords

18 May 2026

Passwords are irritating to manage and can be a weak link in security. Yet they're very difficult to replace. Today, research explaining why this is the case has won a prestigious award... 14 years after it was first published.

A School for Scoundrels: how cybercriminals learn their trade

12 May 2026

'A School for Scoundrels: how newbies learn in the cybercrime ecosystem' is just one of the talks being given at this year's Cambridge Cybercrime Conference here on Monday 22 June.

A river runs through a forest conservation project in Indonesia

Carbon credits have enabled vital protection of tropical forests, despite being oversold

30 April 2026

Carbon credits have enabled the vital protection of tropical forests despite being hugely oversold, a major analysis led by Cambridge University researchers has found.

Online gambling ads disproportionately target vulnerable young men, new research has found.

Gambling ads on social media reach more than twice as many men as women

28 April 2026

Gambling companies advertising on social media are reaching young men – the group most likely to exhibit problem gambling behaviour – at more than double the rate of women, a study has found.

The 2025 Hall of Fame Company of the Year award went to semiconductor company Rivos

Celebrating a 'culture of innovation' at our Hall of Fame Awards

16 April 2026

A rapidly-growing semiconductor company; a research team turning ordinary earbuds into health sensors; an advance in the field of AI-assisted drug discovery; and a developer tool used by millions are the latest winners of our Hall of Fame Awards.

Landmark birthday for pioneering computer security research project

24 March 2026

A research project that has developed from an ambitious research idea into a transformative approach to computer security will celebrate a landmark birthday this week.

Programming a robot car and making music with code at our Cambridge Festival Open Day

24 March 2026

Visitors to our Cambridge Festival Open Day on Saturday 21 March were able to meet researchers working in AI, see how a swarm of robots works together, program their own mini robot cars, and make music with code.

Student-designed technology aids beekeepers and blind learners

18 March 2026

An app that assists beekeepers in identifying sick bees, and an open-source tool to help blind people learn how to program from scratch, were two of the winning design projects created by second-year students this year.

Hanna Foerster is a PhD student working on security and AI

Can we trust AI to use our computers?

16 March 2026

A research student here is warning that the next wave of artificial intelligence (AI) systems could be hijacked by hidden commands. Hanna Foerster is concerned that 'computer use agents' could open the door to new forms of cyber manipulation.

TESSERA - the AI model helping to protect hedgehogs from space

'Test of Time' Award for research into why we can't do without passwords

A School for Scoundrels: how cybercriminals learn their trade

Carbon credits have enabled vital protection of tropical forests, despite being oversold

Gambling ads on social media reach more than twice as many men as women

Celebrating a 'culture of innovation' at our Hall of Fame Awards

Landmark birthday for pioneering computer security research project

Programming a robot car and making music with code at our Cambridge Festival Open Day

Student-designed technology aids beekeepers and blind learners

Can we trust AI to use our computers?

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