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University spinout, CamGraPhIC, has received the EC greenlight for €211 million funding (about £183 million) from Italy to support the development of photonic optical transceivers based on graphene.CamGraPhIC (Cambridge Graphene Photonic Integrated Circuits), co-founded by Professor Andrea Ferrari, Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, and Dr …

Dr Ewa Marek will serve as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Methodology Report on carbon dioxide removal and carbon capture, utilisation and storage, due for publication in 2027.The report will provide governments with an up-to-date scientific foundation for estimating emissions and removals associated with car…

Inspired by and in memory of the late Professor Sir David MacKay (1967-2016), the Department of Engineering hosted the one-day meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Professor Mackay.Professor Sir David MacKay (1967-2016) made fundamental contributions to both public and theoretical understandin…

The University of Cambridge will help train industry-ready nuclear scientists as part of two UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Doctoral Focal Awards in Nuclear Skills.The funding for doctoral students is being provided by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Ministry of Defence as part of the Nuclear Skills Plan, which brings togethe…

Cambridge, the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) collaborate to deploy the world’s largest AI supercomputer dedicated to fusion power development.“Cambridge is proud to be working with UKAEA, Dell, AMD and StackHPC, a UK AI software SME, to co-design, deliver and operate Sunrise the UK’s …

A Cambridge team has developed a breakthrough process to turn plant waste into high-performance, biocompostable cellulose packaging, with the potential to tackle the barriers of cost, scalability, and sustainability. These have have held back widespread adoption of alternatives to fossil-based plastic packaging to date and revolutionise food and co…

The Royal Academy of Engineering awards £39 million to the first ever Green Future Fellows. Pioneering engineers awarded landmark funding for high-impact climate innovations13 engineering innovators receive £3 million each to develop solutions that tackle multiple causes of the climate crisis, and mitigate and adapt to its impacts. Awardee solution…

University of Cambridge spinout Matta has raised $14 million in funding to transform how products are designed and manufactured.Manufacturing underpins a third of global economic output yet remains plagued by inefficiencies that waste up to 20% of production value and raise emissions. Matta aims to provide a practical route to improving productivit…

Leading academics from the University of Cambridge and Lund University came together for an international research conference on “Knowledge for Sustainable Development: Breaking Barriers to Climate Solutions.”The event, held in Lund and online, attracted 277 participants from universities, government agencies, and industry to share insights and acc…

A Cambridge-led coalition of UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has selected asset manager Amundi Investment Solutions to create a cash fund that excludes companies contributing to fossil fuel expansion globally.The nearly £500 million fund will make it possible for the 79 UK colleges, universities and other institutions involved in the coalit…

Seven researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Synergy Grants from the European Research Council to lead five new collaborative projects that will tackle some of science’s toughest puzzles.ERC Synergy Grants bring together research expertise, skills and resources across institutions to tackle ambitious research problems that no …

Newnham Research Fellow Alice Merryweather’s battery start-up Illumion has grown so rapidly that she is to dedicate her time fully to focusing on its development. The start-up aims to inform the development of faster charging batteries with longer usable lifetimes, and was started by Alice with Cambridge colleagues while completing her PhD.In her P…

The UK’s drive to net zero won’t succeed on wind turbines and solar farms alone. The real bottleneck is moving that clean electricity from remote fields and offshore platforms to the homes, cities and industries that need it.A new Institute of Physics (IOP) report — featuring contributions from Professor Tim Coombs of the University of Cambridge’s …

Professor Sam Stranks has been recognised for his work on next-generation solar technologies and emerging semiconductors with the awarding of the 2025 Institute of Physics Nevill Mott Medal and Prize.Sam is Professor of Energy Materials and Optoelectronics in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB).The prize, one of the Insti…

Nine outstanding Cambridge scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.“It is with great pleasure that I welcome the latest cohort of outstanding researchers into the Fellowship of the Royal Society. “Their achievements represent the very…