Flip the switch: the tech in 35 million phones
20 Jul 2022How tiny vibrations in minute metal structures – and a little bit of luck – helped make mobile phones faster and more efficient.
Cambridge experts on the UK heatwave and climate change
19 Jul 2022From heatwave 'dismay' to the 'deadly' effects of climate change, here's what two Cambridge experts say about the UK's record-breaking temperatures.
Cambridge spin-out Nyobolt raises £50m to lead on sustainable energy storage
15 Jul 2022Nyobolt, the pioneer of end-to-end fast-charging battery systems, announces £50 million funding which will enable the company to enter a stage of manufacturing at scale.
Slow spin of early galaxy observed for the first time
01 Jul 2022One of the most distant known galaxies, observed in the very earliest years of the Universe, appears to be rotating at less than a quarter of the speed of the Milky Way today, according to a new study involving University of Cambridge researchers.
Chandra Observatory shows black hole spins slower than its peers
30 Jun 2022Astronomers have made a record-breaking measurement of a black hole’s spin, one of two fundamental properties of black holes. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows this black hole is spinning slower than most of its smaller cousins. This is the most massive black hole with an accurate spin measurement and gives hints about how some of the universe’s biggest black holes grow.
Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award
30 Jun 2022Cambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5 million each for interdisciplinary research support.
Cambridge commended for communication of research
28 Jun 2022"Creative, resourceful and innovative" approaches to communicating research have been recognised with four international CASE Circle of Excellence awards.
Chance to find out more about pioneering Cambridge Maths School at open days
27 Jun 2022School students from across the East of England will find out more about the new Cambridge Maths School at a series of open day events in July.
What did Megalodon eat? Anything it wanted — including other predators
23 Jun 2022New research involving the University of Cambridge shows that prehistoric megatooth sharks — the biggest sharks that ever lived — were the ultimate top predators, operating higher up the food chain than any other marine predators through history.
No ‘safest spot’ to minimise risk of COVID-19 transmission on trains
22 Jun 2022Researchers have demonstrated how airborne diseases such as COVID-19 spread along the length of a train carriage and found that there is no ‘safest spot’ for passengers to minimise the risk of transmission.
