Beyond the pandemic: learn from the survival of the fittest firms
14 Oct 2020Manufacturing firms have had a rocky few months, struggling with fractured supply chains, uncertain supply and demand, and shutdowns. Yet some have...
Easy-to-make, ultra-low-power electronics could charge out of thin air
13 Oct 2020Researchers have developed a new approach to printed electronics that allows ultra-low-power electronic devices which could recharge from ambient...
New virtual reality software allows scientists to ‘walk’ inside cells
12 Oct 2020Virtual reality software which allows researchers to ‘walk’ inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in...
Cambridge game ‘pre-bunks’ coronavirus conspiracies
11 Oct 2020Go Viral! is a new game developed by Cambridge psychologists in partnership with the UK government to help fight the ‘infodemic’: the deluge of false...
Squeezing light inside memory devices could help improve performance
05 Oct 2020Researchers have developed a method to ‘squeeze’ visible light in order to see inside tiny memory devices. The technique will allow researchers to...
3D-printed ‘invisible’ fibres can sense breath, sound, and biological cells
30 Sep 2020From capturing your breath to guiding biological cell movements, 3D printing of tiny, transparent conducting fibres could be used to make devices...
How machine learning can help to future-proof clinical trials in the era of COVID-19
23 Sep 2020The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest global healthcare crisis of our generation, presenting enormous challenges to medical research, including...
AI shows how hydrogen becomes a metal inside giant planets
09 Sep 2020Researchers have used a combination of AI and quantum mechanics to reveal how hydrogen gradually turns into a metal in giant planets.
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...
New insights into lithium-ion battery failure mechanism
24 Aug 2020Researchers have identified a potential new degradation mechanism for electric vehicle batteries – a key step to designing effective methods to...
Coffee stains inspire optimal printing technique for electronics
12 Aug 2020Using an alcohol mixture, researchers modified how ink droplets dry, enabling cheap industrial-scale printing of electronic devices at unprecedented...
Whiteness of AI erases people of colour from our ‘imagined futures’, researchers argue
06 Aug 2020The overwhelming ‘Whiteness’ of artificial intelligence – from stock images and cinematic robots to the dialects of virtual assistants – removes...