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10 Cambridge spinouts forging a future for our planet

"Half the technologies we are going to need if we are to meet our net-zero goals are still in the lab," says Chris Gibbs, Investment Director at Cambridge Enterprise . "As part of the University's net-zero commitments, we have invested over £7 million in new companies that will get those ideas out of our labs and into the...

How road haulage is navigating the route to net zero

Responsible for 8% of world carbon emissions, can trucking clean up its act? They represent as much as 8% of total world carbon emissions. But despite best efforts, global emissions from road haulage are increasing along with our increased consumption – because virtually everything that we purchase arrives on a truck, even...

What does it take to make a better battery?

Cambridge researchers are working to solve one of technology’s biggest puzzles: how to build next-generation batteries that could power a green revolution. A better battery could make all the difference. So what’s holding up progress? The key to making electronics portable was the commercialisation of lithium-ion batteries...

Prof Sir Richard Friend FRS awarded 2024 Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal

Professor Sir Richard Friend FRS, Director of Research at the Cavendish Laboratory, has been awarded the 2024 Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal and Lecture, the most prestigious award of the IOP which recognises groundbreaking physicists. The award honours Sir Richard for his pioneering and enduring work on the...

Winton Cambridge-Berkeley Exchange Programme 2026

Applications for Exchange Awards are open as of 1 October 2025, and will close on Friday 12 December 2025 The Winton Cambridge-Berkeley Exchange Programme is a partnership between the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability , and the Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute (ENSI) at the University of California...

Flight path to net zero - Aviation Accelerator - Whittle Lab

Global aviation could be on a flight path to net zero if industry and governments reach just four goals by 2030, according to a new report from the University of Cambridge. An ambitious five-year plan created by the Aviation Impact Accelerator ( AIA ), a project led by the University of Cambridge and hosted by the...

Cambridge spin-out’s sportscar prototype takes ultra-fast charging out of the lab and onto the road

Nyobolt, a University of Cambridge spin-out company, has demonstrated its ultra-fast charging batteries in an electric sportscar prototype, going from 10% to 80% charge in under five minutes, twice the speed of the fastest-charging vehicles currently on the road. In addition to ultra-fast charging times, the batteries...

Echion Technologies secures £29 million to help commercialise its sustainable battery technology

Cambridge spinout, Echion Technologies has raised £29 million in investment capital to help it increase the production of its fast-charging, long-life battery material based on niobium. Echion, a Cambridge University spinout headquartered just outside the city, has invented and patented a niobium-based anode material, XNO...

Meet the Mastercard Foundation Scholars – Africa’s next generation of transformative leaders

“It's been eye-opening to see the world from so many different angles. Cambridge creates a dynamic learning environment where everyone has something valuable to contribute,” says Mastercard Foundation Scholar Itumeleng Sebata. Itumeleng is one of six Scholars from Africa currently undertaking an engineering-related Master’...

Clare Grey elected by National Academy of Sciences

Professor Dame Clare Grey has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences. The NAS announced the election of 120 members and 24 international members this year in recognition of their distinguished and ongoing achievements in original research. The Grey group investigates materials with...