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Nature Energy – Launching January 2016

The provision of energy is a key issue at the heart of modern society: where do we get it from, how do we use it, and is there enough of it for what we want? Our growing thirst for energy must be matched by its supply, and that supply must be sustained. Tackling these challenges is an essential part of many fields of...

Major new research grant awarded to Professor Sir Mark Welland in the field of nanotechnology

The multi-million pound 5 year project sponsored by Lloyd’s Register Foundation follows the publication of the LRF’s Foresight review in nanotechnology: the next industrial revolution. The project is entitled Nanotechnology in subsea power infrastructure. Along with its collaborators; National University of Singapore...

Invention of blue LEDs receives Physics Nobel

The 2014 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists in Japan and the US for the invention of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs).

Future Cities Prize Fellowships - PhD student opportunities

The Cambridge Forum for Sustainability and the Environment is pleased to announce the first annual Research Student competition on the topic of Future Cities for University of Cambridge students. Eight PhD students will receive £2000 each to develop a short (at most 10,000 words) research paper and summarise the findings...

ERC Advanced Grants: €445 million from the EU to 190 senior research leaders

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced today the award of its prestigious Advanced Grants to 190 senior researchers. The funding, worth in total €445 million, will enable them and their teams to pursue ground-breaking ideas. These are the first ERC Advanced Grants awarded under the 'excellent science' pillar of...

EPSRC Energy Team visit

On 6 May 2015 Energy@Cambridge hosted a visit from the EPSRC Energy team at the Hauser Forum. The morning session focussed on EPSRC strategy and the spending review. EPSRC led break-out groups on future funding scenarios with academics and EPSRC funded Fellows. In the afternoon EPSRC ran sessions on Impact and Developing...

UK and China Collaboration on Sustainable Materials for Infrastructure

Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa and Dr Janet Lees from the Department of Engineering and Dr Yun Bai from Civil Engineering University College London (UCL) have been successful in the first ever EPSRC/NSFC call for collaborative UK/China research projects on Sustainable Materials for Infrastructure. Together with their...

Energy@Cambridge hosts Professor Steven Chu

On 10 November 2014 Energy@Cambridge organised a lunch and round table meeting in honour of Professor Steve Chu, Professor of Physics and Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Nobel Laureate and Former US Secretary of Energy, which was hosted by Professor Lynn Gladden, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research...

CUEN Conference 2014 – Poster Session - Call for Abstracts – deadline 25 May 2014

This year the conference entitled: Gas – An (Un)Conventional Pathway Towards Our Energy Future? will focus on the challenges associated with natural gas technology and the role it will play as an energy source in the future. For the first time there will be a poster session aimed at early career researchers and sponsored...

Energy@Cambridge at the CUEN Conference June 2014

Pictures and presentations from the CUEN (Cambridge University Energy Network) Annual Conference 2014 on Natural Gas are now available to download here . The CUEN conference also hosted its inaugural poster session, which was sponsored by Energy@Cambridge. Ten excellent proposals were selected and included applicants from...