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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 bring their innovative idea…

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 between 2 or more researche…

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

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 costs, and can be tuned to…

The Cambridge Royce facilities were officially opened on 17th October by Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who unveiled an official plaque at the Maxwell Centre. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Stephen Toope, also gave a welcome address, highlighting the breadth of the research areas supported by the Cambridge Royce faciliti…

A small multidisciplinary team from Innovation Forum (Cambridge) travelled to Tanzania to research the off-grid solar development of rural electrification. The In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy was pleased to support the activity as one of the funders through its Small Grants Award.The team interviewed a range of stakeholders in the solar industry …

Picture this, non-recyclable waste reused to make use of its intrinsic energy, extending its life-cycle for that little bit longer in transforming it into hydrogen (H2), whilst alleviating plastic waste. Led by Professor Reisner Erwin, researchers from the Reisner Lab (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge) have demonstrated transformati…

The quest to find new ways to harness solar power has taken a step forward after researchers successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen by altering the photosynthetic machinery in plants. A new study, led by Katarzyna Sokół, in Professor Erwin Reisner group at the University of Cambridge, used semi-artificial photosynthesis to explore new wa…

From their base halfway across the globe in Singapore, Cambridge researchers are working with colleagues from around the world to reduce carbon emissions in industry. For a chemical engineer, Jurong Island is a kind of paradise. The artificial island, built upon seven smaller islands off the Singapore mainland in the 1980s and 1990s, is now home to…

Professor Clare Grey discusses newly discovered materials that could significantly improve battery charging speeds on the BBC World Service programme. Professor Grey's segment starts at 8:07.Click https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tdr0rImage credit: BBC World Service

A study led by Drs Kent Griffith, Lauren Marbella and Professor Clare Grey (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge) has identified new materials that could improve battery charging speeds. A group of materials have been identified that could be used to make even higher power batteries. They have used materials with a complex crystalline s…

On the 23rd May Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre and Energy@Cambridge hosted 27 senior executives from China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) who are involved with the development of new build projects at Hinkley Point, Bradwell and Sizewell.The seminar kicked-off with a history of the Nuclear Industry in the UK from Simon Taylor (JBS) auth…

CAM-IES Industry Workshop: Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensors and the Internet of ThingsThursday 12 April 2018On 12 May 2018 the first CAM-IES Industry Workshop was held at Trinity College, Cambridge. The workshop brought together academic experts, with backgrounds in energy materials and devices, with industrial partners from a range of indust…

CAM-IES/AIP Horizons Conference on Interfaces in Energy Materials10-12 April 2018, Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, CambridgeThe AIP/CAM-IES Conference: "Interfaces in Energy Materials" was held on 10-12 April 2018 at Trinity College, Cambridge. The conference was attended by 100 delegates from all over the world, with invited talks fro…

Professor Lynn Gladden CBE, FRS, FREng has been selected to be the next Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as announced on 3 May 2018, by Science Minister Sam Gyimah. She will take up the role in October. Professor Gladden is currently Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambr…