Tiny copper ‘flowers’ bloom on artificial leaves for clean fuel production
03 Feb 2025Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and...
Botanic Gardens must team up to save wild plants from extinction
27 Jan 2025The world’s botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-...
Snakes in potted olive trees ‘tip of the iceberg’ of ornamental plant trade hazards
17 Jan 2025Invasive pests are slipping unnoticed into northern Europe in huge shipments of cut flowers and potted plants, say researchers, with potential to...
Into the underworld: the mountains beneath our feet
14 Jan 2025Sanne Cottaar is Professor of Global Seismology in Earth Sciences. She wants to understand Earth’s inner structure: how it shaped the surface and...
Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms
19 Dec 2024A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food...
Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals
10 Dec 2024While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at...
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore visits Cambridge overseas research centre
05 Dec 2024Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore and Chairman of the National Research Foundation (NRF) paid a visit to the University of...
CISL appoints Lindsay Hooper permanent CEO
02 Dec 2024The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership announces it has appointed Lindsay Hooper its permanent CEO and Head of...
Scientists warn of ‘invisible threat’ of microplastics as global treaty nears completion
26 Nov 2024As the UN meets this week to finalise the Global Plastics Treaty, researchers warn that the agreement could fail to address one of the biggest...
Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds
25 Nov 2024Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.
Thinking the Unthinkable at COP29
21 Nov 2024Engineer Dr Shaun Fitzgerald reports from COP29 on his discussions about climate repair as a looming necessity.
ActNowFilm premieres at COP29
21 Nov 2024Youth leaders from around the planet celebrated the COP29 premiere of a new film demanding global negotiators give them a say in their own future.