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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...

CLOSED: Winton 2025 Cambridge-Berkeley Exchange Programme

Applications for Exchange Awards are open as of 1 October 2024, and will close on Friday 13 December 2024. 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...

Gates Cambridge: Class of 2024

How do we change the world for the better? Now more than ever we need people with vision and, importantly, the necessary skills to tackle the complex challenges we face. The Gates Cambridge Scholarship brings together people from across the world and across disciplines with a focus on improving the lives of others. Every...

Interdisciplinary research on decarbonisation and low carbon energy given funding boost

A number of Cambridge engineers have secured funding for various research projects focused on decarbonisation and low carbon energy. Original Department of Engineering article We at the Energy Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) , with Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF), were pleased to support the latest round...

New Centre for Doctoral Training announced to unlock net zero for the infrastructure sector

The Civil Engineering Division has been successful in its bid for a Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT) – building on the strength of its two CDT predecessors FIBE and FIBE2. The EPSRC-funded CDT will focus on meeting the user needs of the...