Pilkington Prize winners honoured
The winners of this year's Pilkington Prizes have been presented with their awards at a special event hosted by St Catharine's College.
Policy recommendations in climate-related research often ‘an afterthought’, major analysis finds
Too often, policy recommendations in climate-related research are either an afterthought or stray too far into advocacy, a major new analysis has found.
Cambridge researchers named Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences
Seven Cambridge researchers have been appointed Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. The inaugural cohort of 100 Fellows brings together the UK’s strongest mathematicians across academia, education, business, industry, and government to help solve some of the UK’s biggest challenges.
Cambridge researchers elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 2025
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.
New datasets will train AI models to think like scientists
What can exploding stars teach us about how blood flows through an artery? Or swimming bacteria about how the ocean’s layers mix? A collaboration of researchers, including from the University of Cambridge, has reached a milestone toward training artificial intelligence models to find and use transferable knowledge between fields to drive scientific discovery.
Early career researchers win major European funding
Nine Cambridge researchers are among the latest recipients of highly competitive and prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants.
Ten Cambridge scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 2024
Ten outstanding Cambridge researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.
Four Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants
The funding will enable these researchers to explore their most innovative and ambitious ideas.
Cambridge academics win European Research Council Advanced Grants
Nine Cambridge academics have won Advanced Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC). This is the greatest number of grants won by a UK institution in the 2021 round of funding.
Interactive tool helps you decide how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19
Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to open windows or clean surfaces? New interactive tool helps people make decisions on COVID-19.