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Research is tackling the need to reduce energy demand, maintain energy supply, increase the efficiency of energy-requiring processes, and develop policy and pricing strategies. To find out more about our research in energy, visit the Energy Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) website. 

Solar Mosaic

Bright future for British solar company

16 Sep 2010

Solar energy company to develop and manufacture high performance, lower cost plastic solar cells.

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Ammophila Ammophila

Biofuel from inedible plant material easier to produce

13 Sep 2010

Researchers have discovered key plant enzymes that normally make the energy stored in wood, straw, and other non-edible parts of plants difficult to...

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Titan3 microscope

Most powerful microscope in the UK unveiled

10 Sep 2010

The most powerful atom resolving microscope in the UK was today revealed at the University of Cambridge. The new electron microscope, which will...

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Biodiversity

To save biodiversity, society’s behaviour must change

09 Sep 2010

Leading conservationists warn that in order to save biodiversity, society's behaviour must change.

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Sustainable shells

Sustainable Shells in running for 2010 Earth Awards

19 Aug 2010

An innovative building concept co-created by a University of Cambridge architect has reached the finals of the 2010 Earth Awards.

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Calls for a global nuclear renaissance in new study

13 Aug 2010

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London today outlined a 20-year master plan for the global renaissance of nuclear...

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Algae

Bioenergy research blooms in Cambridge

01 Aug 2010

The Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.

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Four of the first cohort of Herchel Smith Research Fellows: from left to right, Yanwen Wu, Carlo Sias, Sacri R. Ferron and Tony Southall

A legacy of talented researchers

01 Aug 2010

From quantum physics to stem cells: the research of the University's first cohort of Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellows demonstrates the...

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McKenzie

BP gift endows new professorship in earth sciences

27 Jul 2010

BP and the University of Cambridge have joined forces to create a new professorship in Earth Sciences.

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Superconductor breakthrough could power new advances

09 Jul 2010

The first batch of a new range of powerful superconductors which could revolutionise the production of machines like hospital MRI scanners and...

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algae

Green energy from algae

25 Jun 2010

Visitors to this year's Royal Society Summer Exhibition will have a chance to discover how scientists from the University of Cambridge are studying...

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Dr Andrea Ferrari

Royal Society award given to Cambridge academic

21 Jun 2010

The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, has recognised the work of Dr Andrea Ferrari at the Department of Engineering with one of...

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