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Read more at: Harnessing religious energies for better energy policy
Harnessing religious energies for better energy policy

Harnessing religious energies for better energy policy

The Faith, Energy and Society Workshop , 3 March 2017, brought together academics and practitioners from different disciplines and institutions throughout the UK. The workshop, as a part of the Energy@Cambridge 's Grand Challenge, ‘In Search of “Good” Energy Policy’ , explored the insights, beliefs, and practices that...


Read more at: Collaborating to develop sustainable energy in Africa
Collaborating to develop sustainable energy in Africa

Collaborating to develop sustainable energy in Africa

Understanding mechanical behaviour of different soil types is key to successful and economic construction. The UK has pioneered tunnelling achievement and is a world-leader in the area, as there is a wealth of knowledge on saturated soils. However, large parts of the world where natural soil is partially saturated, less is...


Read more at: Call: EPSRC - Faraday Challenge Batteries Research Institute - 1 September 2017
Call: EPSRC - Faraday Challenge Batteries Research Institute - 1 September 2017

Call: EPSRC - Faraday Challenge Batteries Research Institute - 1 September 2017

The EPSRC has issued a call inviting researchers interested in collaborating on and scoping research projects for the Faraday Challenge Batteries Research Institute. Challenge areas that have been pre-identified by industry and academia as having the capability to be 'fast-start projects' to establish the core capabilities...


Read more at: Non-toxic alternative for next-generation solar cells
Non-toxic alternative for next-generation solar cells

Non-toxic alternative for next-generation solar cells

Researchers have demonstrated how a non-toxic alternative to lead could form the basis of next-generation solar cells. The team of researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the United States, have used theoretical and experimental methods to show how bismuth – the so-called “green element” which sits next to lead...


Read more at: Platform on International Energy Governance event ‘An Inclusive Energy Transition? Global low-carbon strategies and their discontents’
Platform on International Energy Governance event ‘An Inclusive Energy Transition? Global low-carbon strategies and their discontents’

Platform on International Energy Governance event ‘An Inclusive Energy Transition? Global low-carbon strategies and their discontents’

The Platform on International Energy Governance held its first annual event on 22 June 2017. Entitled ‘An Inclusive Energy Transition? Global low-carbon strategies and their discontents’, the event brought together over 40 leading and early career academics and practitioners to discuss how the costs and benefits of the...


Read more at: CAM-IES Networking Symposium, Queen Mary University, 21 September 2017
CAM-IES Networking Symposium, Queen Mary University, 21 September 2017

CAM-IES Networking Symposium, Queen Mary University, 21 September 2017

CAM-IES held a networking symposium at Queen Mary University of London on 21 September 2017 for CAM-IES early career researchers, and members of the wider energy systems community. The symposium featured expert speakers from the fields of hybrid photovoltaics, energy harvesting, fuel cells, solid state batteries and flow...


Read more at: CAM-IES at the International Flow Battery Forum
CAM-IES at the International Flow Battery Forum

CAM-IES at the International Flow Battery Forum

IFBF, the International Flow Battery Forum, was held on 27-29 June in Manchester. CAM-IES announced the first call for proposals for short projects on redox flow batteries at IFBF, to open in mid-July.


Read more at: CAM-IES Cambridge Launch Event 11 May 2017
CAM-IES Cambridge Launch Event 11 May 2017

CAM-IES Cambridge Launch Event 11 May 2017

The CAM-IES launch was held at the Maxwell Centre in Cambridge on 11 May 2017. Academic investigators, researchers and industry partners met to discuss the Centre's six work packages and broader networking goals.


Read more at: Materials for Life grow from strength to strength
Materials for Life grow from strength to strength

Materials for Life grow from strength to strength

Cambridge collaborative research into the development of self-healing cement-based materials for infrastructure has received a £4.85m funding boost from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa (Department of Engineering) said the newly funded Resilient Materials 4 Life (RM4L...


Read more at: Scientists construct a stable one-dimensional metallic material
Scientists construct a stable one-dimensional metallic material

Scientists construct a stable one-dimensional metallic material

Researchers, from the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick, have developed the world’s thinnest metallic nanowire, which could be used to miniaturise many of the electronic components in use every day. The wire, made from a single string of tellurium atoms, is a true one-dimensional (1-D) material. These 1-D wires are...