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University of Cambridge academics secure Royal Academy of Engineering Green Future Fellowships

The Royal Academy of Engineering awards £39 million to the first ever Green Future Fellows. Pioneering engineers awarded landmark funding for high-impact climate innovations 13 engineering innovators receive £3 million each to develop solutions that tackle multiple causes of the climate crisis, and mitigate and adapt to...

Cambridge AI spinout is helping factories become more productive, lower energy use and reduce emissions

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...

Sustainability starts with knowledge

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...

Cambridge-led coalition to seed £500m fossil-free cash investment fund

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...

Cambridge researchers awarded prestigious Synergy Grants from European Research Council

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...

Start-up success for Newnham Research Fellow

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...

From Gridlock to Grid Power: The Promise of Superconducting Cables

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...

Professor Sam Stranks recipient of 2025 Institute of Physics Nevill Mott Medal and Prize

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...

Cambridge researchers elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 2025

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...

How can we speed up the commercialisation of clean energy technologies?

A new donation from Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF) will support research at the University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley, on designing public institutions best suited to bringing clean energy technologies to market. Despite global efforts to mitigate climate change by decarbonisation, many...