Organic solar cells
01 August 2009How can the cost of solar cells be reduced enough to make them a feasible source of large-scale renewable energy? The answer is to make...
Material efficiency
01 August 2009A consortium led by Dr Julian Allwood aims to drive a step-change in the manufacturing of steel and aluminium to meet 2050 carbon targets.
Energy Efficient Cities initiative
01 August 2009A multidisciplinary initiative is focusing on the complex energy requirements of cities and how they can be reshaped.
Lighting for the 21st century
01 August 2009A remarkable light-emitting material, gallium nitride, could slash electricity consumption, purify water and kill superbugs.
A fresh look at the ‘grand narratives’ of literary history
01 August 2009Renaissance scholar Dr Abigail Brundin, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian, has been awarded an ‘I Tatti’ Fellowship from Harvard University, enabling her to...
Campath: from innovation to impact
01 August 2009The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the 30-year journey behind the development of a drug now being...
Plastic Logic: from innovation to impact
01 August 2009The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the fascinating story behind the development of a new type of...
Behaviour of building block of nature could lead to computer revolution
31 July 2009A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called...
Darwin and Gender Project launched
15 July 2009A groundbreaking new study, supported by The Bonita Trust*, that will look at Charles Darwin's impact on attitudes to gender and sexuality, has been announced...
Brain stem cell discovery
01 July 2009Insight could lead to new therapies to repair damage caused by MS.