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Seven researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Synergy Grants from the European Research Council to lead five new collaborative projects that will tackle some of science’s toughest puzzles.ERC Synergy Grants bring together research expertise, skills and resources across institutions to tackle ambitious research problems that no …

Newnham Research Fellow Alice Merryweather’s battery start-up Illumion has grown so rapidly that she is to dedicate her time fully to focusing on its development. The start-up aims to inform the development of faster charging batteries with longer usable lifetimes, and was started by Alice with Cambridge colleagues while completing her PhD.In her P…

The UK’s drive to net zero won’t succeed on wind turbines and solar farms alone. The real bottleneck is moving that clean electricity from remote fields and offshore platforms to the homes, cities and industries that need it.A new Institute of Physics (IOP) report — featuring contributions from Professor Tim Coombs of the University of Cambridge’s …

Professor Sam Stranks has been recognised for his work on next-generation solar technologies and emerging semiconductors with the awarding of the 2025 Institute of Physics Nevill Mott Medal and Prize.Sam is Professor of Energy Materials and Optoelectronics in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB).The prize, one of the Insti…

Nine outstanding Cambridge scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.“It is with great pleasure that I welcome the latest cohort of outstanding researchers into the Fellowship of the Royal Society. “Their achievements represent the very…

A new donation from Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF) will support research at the University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley, on designing public institutions best suited to bringing clean energy technologies to market.Despite global efforts to mitigate climate change by decarbonisation, many industrial sectors such as ce…

Neutreeno helps businesses tackle Scope 3 emissions by offering advanced tools to decarbonise supply chains up to 50 times faster than traditional methods, driving the global shift to a low-carbon economy. Zoe Loughlin, who leads the Canopy innovation community, gives her insights on the Cambridge innovation ecosystem and follows Neutreeno as the C…

University of Cambridge researchers based at the Department for Land Economy have selected index provider Bloomberg Index Services Limited to launch the first global corporate bond index to cover fossil fuel producers, utilities, insurance, and financing, with the aim of driving investment to reduce real-economy emissions.This is a critical – and h…

Researcher Spotlight: Collin SmithJunior Research Fellow Dr Collin Smith discusses his deep commitment to sustainability into his work in chemical engineering. Focused on decarbonisation and the net zero challenge, he is dedicated to reshaping the industry for a greener future.The future of the chemical industry depends on accelerating decarbonisat…

A University of Cambridge spin-out company working to improve AI efficiency and bandwidth has raised €25 million in new funding.CamGraPhIC - co-founded Professor Andrea Ferrari, Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, and Dr Marco Romagnoli of CNIT in Italy - is developing new types of photonic circuits for energy-efficient, high-bandwidth, opti…

AI has the potential to solve some of the world's most pressing challenges. But to make that happen, we need people who can turn that potential into a reality. The University's innovation arm,Cambridge Enterprise, helps brilliant researchers start new ventures that take AI out of the lab and into the real world. Their aim is to address some of our …

An electric-aircraft-powertrain start-up, co-founded by alumnus Tobias Kahnert, is pushing the boundaries of innovation to develop and manufacture batteries and charging solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – identified as a new niche market for the company.EFT Mobility – formerly known as Electric Flytrain (founded in 2019) – has widened …

Miss May Ching Lai, a final year PhD student at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, hailing from Malaysia, is attending Parliament to present her chemistry research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of STEM for BRITAIN on Tuesday 11th March.May Ching’s poster on research about h…

The University of Cambridge is one of two UK participants named as part of the PIXEurope consortium, a collaboration between research organisations from across Europe, which will develop and manufacture prototypes of their products based on photonic chips.Photonic chips transmit and manipulate light instead of electricity, and offer significantly f…

New report from CISL, E.ON Group Innovation and IfM Engage explores the challenges and circular solutions associated with the expected increase in end-of-life solar PV waste over the coming years, highlighting the need to avoid causing an environmental crisis by addressing the climate crisis.Download the Circular Solar reportDownload Annex 1Downloa…