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Professor Mark Brown

What's killing our bees – and how they fight back

08 Apr 2026

Professor Mark Brown has devoted decades to defending pollinators from disease, pesticides and parasites.

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Radiator with a thermostat.

UK must improve energy efficiency to end 50 years of policy failure and prevent future energy crises, study argues

26 Mar 2026

As prices rise and the UK Government considers energy bill help once again, a new study warns that the country’s approach to energy support is...

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Collaboration Award 2025

04 Feb 2026

The 2025 Collaboration Award winner is Dr Curie Park (Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, School of Technology) for Plastic to...

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Dr Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert.

On the death of giant trees

03 Dec 2025

Dr Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert investigates the deaths of giant tropical trees. After rediscovering her connection to tropical plants, her work now...

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Dr Claudia Bonfio, Dr Akshay Deshmukh and Dr Elizabeth Radford

Cambridge researchers awarded UKRI Future Leader Fellowships

16 Sep 2025

Three Cambridge researchers are among 77 early-career researchers who have been awarded a total of £120 million to lead vital research, collaborate...

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The Public Map Platform’s outdoor engagement activities, Lle Llais, on Anglesey

Public Map Platform supporting green transition secures major funding

12 Sep 2025

A team led by Professor Flora Samuel from Cambridge’s Department of Architecture has been awarded a further Green Transition Ecosystem grant of £3.12...

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Dr Tom Worthington in his office

The man behind the mangroves

23 Jun 2025

Dr Tom Worthington works on the restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems. The data he provides sits at the heart of billion-pound...

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Climate Challenge winners pose for a photo at King's College

Emissions-free flying takes off at Cambridge Climate Challenge

03 Apr 2025

A biology PhD candidate and an early career aerospace engineer researcher won the 2025 Cambridge Zero Climate Challenge for turning waste into...

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Duygu with her coral tanks

The coral whisperer

25 Feb 2025

Duygu Sevilgen has built a coral lab in the basement of an old Zoology building. Here, 10 experimental tanks host multicoloured miniature forests...

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Photo of Lindsay Hooper

CISL appoints Lindsay Hooper permanent CEO

02 Dec 2024

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership announces it has appointed Lindsay Hooper its permanent CEO and Head of...

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Photograph of sunlight poking through clouds onto mountains

A radical economic transformation is the only way to save nature and ourselves

04 Nov 2024

After two weeks of negotiations last week in Cali, Colombia, the COP16 biodiversity summit was suspended with no overall agreement on a path forward...

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Przewalski’s horses, by Neil Aldridge

Wild horses

09 Oct 2024

Meet the team reintroducing large herbivores to the coldest place in Spain.

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