New programme to accelerate AI research capability at Cambridge
24 Jun 2020A new initiative at Cambridge will equip young researchers outside computer science with the skills they need to use machine learning and artificial...
Professor David Abulafia awarded Wolfson History Prize 2020
16 Jun 2020Abulafia wins for his epic history of humanity’s relationship with the world’s oceans, The Boundless Sea.
Professor Andrew Fabian awarded Kavli Prize
27 May 2020Professor Andrew Fabian from Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy has been awarded the 2020 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, one of the world's most...
The Royal Society announces election of new Fellows 2020
29 Apr 2020Nine Cambridge scientists are among the new Fellows announced today by the Royal Society.
The sequencing of COVID-19
17 Apr 2020Labs across the country have converted to the genetic sequencing of coronavirus samples to help track its mutation and spread. The initiative, COG-UK...
Researcher profile: Professor Julia Gog
08 Apr 2020Professor Julia Gog is a mathematician who specialises in modelling the spread of infectious diseases, particularly pandemic influenza. For months...
Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding
01 Apr 2020Four researchers at the University of Cambridge have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premier research funding...
Women in STEM: Dr Maria Russo
12 Mar 2020Dr Maria Russo is a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, where she studies the physical and chemical processes at work in the...
The microbiologist who cultured a strange and beautiful career
27 Feb 2020Dr Miriam Lynn heads up Cambridge University’s Equality and Diversity team. She describes what led her from a love for microbes to discovering she...
Cambridge researchers advise county council on net zero policy actions
19 Feb 2020A team of early-career researchers from the University of Cambridge are working with the county council to identify the best ways for Cambridgeshire...
Women in STEM: Dr Natasha Morrison
13 Feb 2020Dr Natasha Morrison is a Research Fellow in mathematics at Sidney Sussex College and a member of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical...
Women in STEM: Dr Francesca Chadha-Day
06 Feb 2020Dr Francesca Chadha-Day is a theoretical physicist, a research fellow at Peterhouse, and a science comedian. Here, she tells us about her lifelong...