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Our mission is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Our core values are freedom of thought and expression, and freedom from discrimination.

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Eddington and the wider North West Cambridge Development seeks to secure the University’s long-term future and contribute to the City’s growth by providing homes for key workers, students and the public.

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Women in STEM: Dr Jenny Zhang

05 December 2019

Dr Jenny Zhang is a group leader and BBSRC David Phillips Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, where she is re-wiring photosynthesis to generate renewable...

Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution

05 December 2019

An international group of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, have developed a graphene composite that can ‘eat’ common atmospheric...

Green-sky thinking for propulsion and power

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A rapid way of turning ideas into new technologies in the aviation and power industries has been developed at Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory. Here, Professor...

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03 December 2019

Proteins in our blood could in future help provide a comprehensive ‘liquid health check’, assessing our health and predicting the likelihood that we will we...

Tributes paid to Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones

09 December 2019

Friends and former colleagues have paid tribute to Cambridge graduates - and members of the Learning Together programme community - Jack Merritt and Saskia...

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