Cambridge initiative to address risks of future engineered pandemics
27 Feb 2025Covid-19 showed us how vulnerable the world is to pandemics – but what if the next pandemic were somehow engineered? How would the world respond –...
The coral whisperer
25 Feb 2025Duygu Sevilgen has built a coral lab in the basement of an old Zoology building. Here, 10 experimental tanks host multicoloured miniature forests...
Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel
13 Feb 2025Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the...
Cambridge researcher aims to unlock new dementia treatments with nationwide blood test trial
13 Feb 2025A simple blood test is being rolled out across the UK as part of a new study to detect early signs of dementia decades before it develops and help...
Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Mireia Crispin
12 Feb 2025Dr Mireia Crispin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at the University of Cambridge and leads a research group focusing on the...
Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Matt Bothwell
12 Feb 2025Dr Matthew Bothwell is an astrophysicist, science communicator and author, and the current Public Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy...
Senior Government Minister, Pat McFadden, visits Cambridge to explore how AI can transform public services
04 Feb 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...
Collaboration Award 2024
03 Feb 2025The 2024 Collaboration Award winner is Representing psychosis in video games: Communicating clinical science and tackling stigma, a project led by...
The Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement
03 Feb 2025Meet the winner of the Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.
Tiny copper ‘flowers’ bloom on artificial leaves for clean fuel production
03 Feb 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...
Botanic Gardens must team up to save wild plants from extinction
27 Jan 2025The world’s botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-...
The codemakers
24 Jan 2025The 2025 Darwin Lecture series looks at codes, be they computational, mathematical, biological, linguistic or even musical.