From quantum computing to AI infrastructure and autonomous systems, much of today’s deep tech innovation depends on how well we can control and manipulate light.
While software and systems have advanced rapidly, the underlying optical hardware hasn’t kept pace.
The key to making longer-lasting electric vehicle batteries may not be specialised materials or new chemistry, but simple physical pressure, according to new research.
The winners of this year's Pilkington Prizes have been presented with their awards at a special event hosted by St Catharine's College.
Researchers have developed a fish-like robot that shows how some species of modern fish are able to walk on land, and could help unravel how early vertebrates evolved similar abilities hundreds of millions of years ago.
Seven outstanding Cambridge researchers have this year been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.
Engineer James Goh's fascination with gyroscopes began when he saw the iconic spinning top in Christopher Nolan’s 2010 sci-fi film Inception.
Children who need life‑saving emergency surgery after a serious injury are almost six times more likely to die if in poorer countries than in wealthier ones, according to an international study led by the University of Cambridge.
Five academics from the University of Cambridge have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
University spinout, CamGraPhIC, has received the EC greenlight for €211 million funding (about £183 million) from Italy to support the development of photonic optical transceivers based on graphene.
Researchers have developed a new kind of nanoelectronic device that could dramatically cut the energy consumed by artificial intelligence hardware by mimicking the human brain.
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