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Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes

Wearable electronic components incorporated directly into fabrics have been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge. The devices could be used for flexible circuits, healthcare monitoring, energy conversion, and other applications. The Cambridge researchers, working in collaboration with colleagues at...

Green tech startups see boost in patents and investment partnering with government

Collaboration between government and startups could help meet the climate challenge while growing small businesses. Findings could inform discussions on Green New Deal or any “forward-looking policy package” say researchers. Latest research on hundreds of new green technology companies in the US shows the patenting...

Cambridge spin-out starts producing graphene at commercial scale

A recent University of Cambridge spin-out company, Paragraf, has started producing graphene – a sheet of carbon just one atomic layer thick – at up to eight inches (20cm) in diameter, large enough for commercial electronic devices. Paragraf is producing graphene ‘wafers’ and graphene-based electronic devices, which could...

First Forum Meeting of the Cambridge Centre for Circular Economy Approaches to Eliminate Plastic Waste at the Maxwell Centre, Cambridge

On 14 th February 2019 Energy@Cambridge hosted the first Forum meeting of the new Cambridge Centre for Circular Economy Approaches to Eliminate Plastic Waste at the Maxwell Centre, Cambridge. The Centre is one of eight new research projects funded through the Plastics and Research Innovation Fund managed by UK Research and...

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. The key to making electronics portable – and powering a sea change in how we communicate and consume information – was the commercialisation of lithium-ion batteries by...

New plastic research projects announced

Cambridge's Centre for Circular Economy Approaches to Eliminate Plastic Waste is one of e ight new research projects exploring ways of making, using and recycling plastics which have been announced by the Science Minister, Chris Skidmore on 18 December 2018 . The projects are part of the government's Industrial Strategy...

Henry Royce Institute Sponsorship of Impulse Participants

The Cambridge Royce has been granted funding to sponsor five participants to take part in the Impulse 2019 Programme, which will run in April and July 2019. Impulse serves as a catalyst for entrepreneurship in individuals and organisations. The programme is about strong action learning and result driven where participants...

In Search of 'Good' Energy Policy Small Grants scheme

Following a speed networking session in February 2018 a call was announced for an In Search of 'Good' Energy Policy Small Grants scheme. Energy@Cambridge secured £10k funds from the Isaac Newton Trust/ Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) to support new small collaborative multi-disciplinary projects lasting 1 to 3 months...

Cambridge University's Singapore programme begins its next five years of carbon emissions research

Cambridge University, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University expand NRF-funded research programme to decarbonise Singapore and the world Cambridge University’s Singapore research centre, the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), has been...

New efficiency record set for perovskite LEDs

Researchers have set a new efficiency record for LEDs based on perovskite semiconductors, rivalling that of the best organic LEDs (OLEDs). Compared to OLEDs, which are widely used in high-end consumer electronics, the perovskite-based LEDs, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, can be made at much lower...