Cambridge academics recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
10 Oct 2020Researchers from the University of Cambridge have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, which were announced on Saturday.
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Roger Penrose wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery about black holes
06 Oct 2020Professor Sir Roger Penrose, Honorary Fellow and alumnus of St John’s College Cambridge and honorary doctor of the University, has jointly won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.
Unexpected experiences: Toni Fola-Alade talks about studying for finals during a pandemic
17 Sep 2020Final-year student Toni Fola-Alade had a plan: secure investment for his startup, focus on his exams and enjoy his final term as a student. Then everything changed.
World’s largest-ever DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t all Scandinavian
16 Sep 2020Invaders, pirates, warriors – the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across Europe and beyond.
Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water
24 Aug 2020Researchers have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity.
Nine Cambridge researchers among this year’s Royal Society medal and award winners
04 Aug 2020A leading pioneer in the field of protein engineering, Sir Alan Fersht FMedSci FRS, has been named as the 2020 winner of the world’s oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s prestigious Copley Medal.
Vikings had smallpox and may have helped spread the world’s deadliest virus
23 Jul 2020Scientists have discovered extinct strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons – proving for the first time that the killer disease plagued humanity for at least 1400 years.
Syphilitic City: one in five Georgian Londoners had syphilis by their mid-30s, study suggests
06 Jul 2020250 years ago, over one-fifth of Londoners had been treated for syphilis by their 35th birthday, historians have calculated.
The climate crisis: towards zero carbon
26 Feb 2020Sir David Attenborough, Dr Jane Goodall DBE and leading Cambridge University researchers talk about the urgency of climate crisis – and some of the solutions that will take us towards zero carbon.
The cellist whose Christmas starts in summer
18 Dec 2019When he’s not running college choirs and keeping the piano tuned as Director of Music for Magdalene and Director of St John’s Voices, Graham Walker sometimes marvels at the wonderful purposelessness of music – and the absolute joy of creating something beautiful, even for a fraction of a second...
