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Solar panels at West Cambridge

University of Cambridge adopts Science Based Target for carbon reduction

25 Jul 2019

Cambridge has become the first university in the world to announce that it has adopted a 1.5 degrees Science Based Target for carbon reduction...

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Travelling to a peatland area with the Urarina.

The cultural significance of carbon-storing peatlands to rural communities

21 May 2019

A group of UK and Peruvian researchers have carried out the first detailed study of how rural communities interact with peatlands in the Peruvian...

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Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms

15 May 2019

Accelerated tree growth caused by a warming climate does not necessarily translate into enhanced carbon storage, an international study suggests.

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Graphene paves the way to faster high-speed communications

31 May 2018

Researchers have created a technology that could lead to new devices for faster, more reliable ultra-broad bandwidth transfers, and demonstrated how...

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Carbon capture: universities and industry work together to tackle emissions

25 Oct 2017

An international collaboration between universities and industry will further develop carbon capture and storage technology – one of the best hopes...

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Foraminifera "Star sand" Hatoma Island - Japan

Super-slow circulation allowed world’s oceans to store huge amounts of carbon during the last ice age

27 Jun 2016

The way the ocean transported heat, nutrients and carbon dioxide at the peak of the last ice age, about 20,000 years ago, is significantly different...

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Diamonds

Opinion: Harder than diamond: have scientists really found something tougher than nature’s invincible material?

19 Jan 2016

Paul Coxon (Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy) discusses the materials that have each been heralded as the new “world’s hardest material...

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Demonstrator aircraft

Watts up - aeroplanes go hybrid-electric

23 Dec 2014

An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine – the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight – has been successfully tested in the UK...

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Active matrix electrophoretic display incorporating graphene

First graphene-based flexible display produced

05 Sep 2014

A flexible display incorporating graphene in its pixels’ electronics has been successfully demonstrated by the Cambridge Graphene Centre and Plastic...

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The imperfections in diamonds, which give them their colour, also trap electrons which can potentially be manipulated to transmit information – a principle which lies at the heart of quantum computing

Quantum researchers close in on dream vacancy

18 Feb 2014

Defects in microscopic diamonds caused by the presence of silicon could provide researchers with a potent basis for developing new technologies...

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Pennine bog

Global soil carbon: new study highlights the need for better understanding and management

11 Feb 2014

The first comprehensive overview of the world’s largest terrestrial pool of carbon highlights the importance of soil carbon conservation in...

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Bailey's Harbor Boreal Forest & Wetlands

4 degree temperature rise will end vegetation ‘carbon sink’

17 Dec 2013

New research suggests that a temperature increase of 4 degrees is likely to “saturate” areas of dense vegetation with carbon, preventing plants from...

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