Advanced materials

A centre for research on graphene, a material which has the potential to revolutionise numerous industries, ranging from healthcare to electronics...

Researchers are aiming to develop a new class of materials with remarkable properties using one atom-thick substances such as graphene and other two...

As energy companies begin to exploit resources located deeper in the sea bed, scientists at Cambridge University are taking part in a major...

A new process developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge has the potential to drive down the cost of manufacturing solar-grade silicon...

A spin-out from Cambridge's Engineering Department and a leading supplier of materials information technology software to industry, Granta Design has...

Cambridge scientists have discovered a way of mimicking the stunningly bright and beautiful colours found on the wings of tropical butterflies. The...

Rolls-Royce and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will work jointly with the Universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Swansea...

How 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 them thin.