Cambridge researchers elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 2026
Seven outstanding Cambridge researchers have this year been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.
Professor Simon Conway Morris receives 2026 Templeton Prize
Professor Simon Conway Morris, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Paleobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences and Fellow of St John’s College, has received the Templeton Prize for his pioneering work in the field of evolutionary biology.
Researchers turn recovered car battery acid and plastic waste into clean hydrogen
Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste – such as drinks bottles, nylon textiles and polyurethane foams – using acid recovered from old car batteries, and converting it into clean hydrogen fuel and valuable industrial chemicals.
Cambridge Men’s Blue Boat wins seventh Boat Race in eight years
Cambridge Men’s Blue Boat has won The Boat Race for the fourth time in a row.
Cambridge Blue Boats revealed for The Boat Race 2026
Cambridge University Boat Club has announced its Women’s and Men’s Blue Boats for The Boat Race 2026.
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.
‘Personality test’ shows how AI chatbots mimic human traits – and how they can be manipulated
Researchers have developed the first scientifically validated ‘personality test’ framework for popular AI chatbots, and have shown that chatbots not only mimic human personality traits, but their ‘personality’ can be reliably tested and precisely shaped – raising implications for AI safety and ethics.
First ‘Bible map’ still influences how we think about borders
The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round – showing the Mediterranean to the East – but its inclusion set a precedent which continues to shape our understanding of state borders today,
‘Beautiful energy sandwich’ could power next-generation solar and lighting
Researchers have achieved a new level of control over the atomic structure of a family of materials known as halide perovskites, creating a finely tuned ‘energy sandwich’ that could transform how solar cells, LEDs and lasers are made.
Victorian Manchester 'slums' housed wealthy doctors and engineers
New research shows that many middle-class Mancunians lived in the same buildings and streets as working-class residents including weavers and spinners, undermining key assumptions about the Industrial Revolution.
