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Four innovative engineering academics who are global leaders in their fields have each been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies. They will share a total of £10 million in funding over ten years to lead on developing emerging technologies with high potential to deliver economic and social benefits to the UK.This sch…

Once seen as a bedrock technology of the modern age, the detrimental relationship humanity has with plastics has become all too clear. Microplastics – and their smaller, more dangerous variant, nanoplastics – have been discovered in every ecosystem on earth, with potentially devastating consequences. Meanwhile, some researchers have suggested the a…

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the world’s largest aerospace professional society, has selected Professor Dame Ann P. Dowling as the 2024 Pendray Aerospace Literature Award winner, for her publications on combustion noise.This prestigious award is presented for an outstanding contribution or contributions to aeronaut…

The University of Cambridge is a partner in the new £11m Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) REWIRE, set to deliver pioneering semiconductor technologies and new electronic devices.Semiconductors, also known as microchips, are a key component in nearly every electrical device from mobile phones and medical equipment to electric vehicles. They are…

The rise of Dawn: How the UK’s fastest AI supercomputer is supporting goals in clean energy, personalised medicine and climate.At the world’s first AI Safety Summit, hosted by the UK in November 2023, the government announced investment that would make British AI supercomputing 30 times more powerful, thanks to a pair of supercomputers named Dawn a…

Green jobs fair tackles myths & misconceptions of climate change careers.Students at this year's Green Careers Fair nibbled edible crickets, cuddled plush pink octopi, and met industry experts for advice on landing a job in the green sector.The Green Careers Fair is part of the two-week Green Careers Festival which brings together students, grads, …

The University of Cambridge is at COP28 in Dubai, UAE, with a film premiere and a host of higher education events. We have representation from Cambridge Zero, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Centre for Climate Repair, Aviation Impact Accelerator, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, Cambridge Conservation Initiative and a hos…

By Professor Rob Miller, Director of the Whittle Laboratory and professor of aerothermal technologyI knew even before I arrived, that COP28 would be critical in helping to raise ambition for zero emission aviation. Then at the opening reception King Charles asked me about progress on a sustainable aviation initiative he launched at Cambridge's Whit…

8 Dec 2023 - Aired last Friday at COP28, the ActNowFilm features youth leaders and world figures in a call for young people to be included in national climate negotiation teams and global decision-making.Young people from Lesotho to London candidly converse influential leaders, including former Ireland President Mary Robinson and Christiana Figuere…

In 2013, Cambridge launched its first ever overseas research centre, the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education Singapore (CARES). Since then it has grown into a thriving community of 150 staff and researchers, working with partners to achieve scientific breakthroughs with a global impact.In the heart of the vibrant city-state of Sing…

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded grants worth a total of €627 million to 308 researchers across Europe, of whom four are at the University of Cambridge.The grants are part of the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. They are given to excellent scientists and scholars at the career stage to support them to pursue their most prom…

MoSTLi’s next-generation battery technology leads them to victory at the Chris Abell Postdoc Business Plan Competition 2023MoSTLi, a next-generation battery startup pitched by Ismail Sami, has won this year’s hotly contested Chris Abell Postdoc Business Competition, beating battery tech peers and others to secure the £20,000 first prize provided by…

Cambridge engineer Professor Adam Boies has been announced as a co-investigator of a new international partnership set up to make low-cost, large-scale, net zero hydrogen production a reality.The Global Hydrogen Production Technologies Center (HyPT) is a £14.1 million five-year project led by Cranfield University, Arizona State University, the Univ…

An ambitious new strategy to nurture and grow its innovation ecosystem has been unveiled at Cambridge summit.The Innovate Cambridge Summit saw over 400 leaders from across the civic, business and academic working communities to support the science and technology cluster to maintain its position as a world leader amid fierce international competitio…

Colleagues from across the University celebrated the announcement of an agreement for UK participation in Horizon Europe and Copernicus with the President of the European Research Council (ERC).Dozens of ERC-funded and awarded researchers joined Professor Maria Leptin and Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internati…