The art of partnerships
12 February 2025Tammy Dougan on why it's so important that universities work with industry to get fundamental science out of the lab and into the real world.
Cambridge signs sustainable research agreement
12 February 2025The University of Cambridge has become a signatory to the ground-breaking Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice, joining 70 signatories and supporting organisations at the time of writing.
The queer men of H staircase
11 February 2025For the past 300 years, the Gibbs Building at King’s College, Cambridge, has been home to many of history’s most influential characters. A new book explores the hidden – and in many cases, not-so-hidden – stories of some of its queer fellows.
Map of brain’s appetite centre could enable new treatments for obesity and diabetes
05 February 2025Scientists have created the most detailed map to date of the human hypothalamus, a crucial brain region that regulates body weight, appetite, sleep, and stress.
Senior Government Minister, Pat McFadden, visits Cambridge to explore how AI can transform public services
04 February 2025The University welcomed the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, to tour the DAWN supercomputer and discuss the ways in which AI can transform public services and healthcare.
Researchers celebrated at the Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement
04 February 2025From helping to inoculate the public against misinformation to tackling air pollution in rapidly urbanising African cities, researchers from across the University of Cambridge were honoured at the Cambridge Awards on 3 February.
Cambridge University engineer backed by Formula 1 star Sir Lewis Hamilton
03 February 2025Chris Tagnon is the first Cambridge University student to be awarded a Masters in Motorsport scholarship.
Electricity prices across Europe to stabilise if 2030 targets for renewable energy are met
03 February 2025National targets for solar and wind power will see reliance on natural gas plummet, reducing electricity price volatility across Europe, with major beneficiaries including the UK and Ireland, the Nordics, and the Netherlands.
Established Academic 2024
03 February 2025The Established Academic for 2024 is Professor Sander van der Linden Department of Psychology, School of Biological Sciences and Churchill College and his team at the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab.
Tiny copper ‘flowers’ bloom on artificial leaves for clean fuel production
03 February 2025Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and manufacturing.
