Cambridge takes major role in initiative to help solve UK ‘productivity puzzle’
21 Aug 2020The University is to be a key partner in a new national effort to boost British productivity, bringing together expertise to tackle questions of job...
Cambridge engineers recognised with awards for pandemic service
17 Aug 2020Two teams of Cambridge engineers have been recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic with the...
Nine Cambridge researchers among this year’s Royal Society medal and award winners
04 Aug 2020A leading pioneer in the field of protein engineering, Sir Alan Fersht FMedSci FRS, has been named as the 2020 winner of the world’s oldest...
Cambridge academics elected to British Academy fellowship
27 Jul 2020Eight academics from the University of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences.
Two new initiatives to boost economic value from university research
16 Jul 2020Research England has awarded two grants, totalling £1.5 million, to support programmes working to increase the economic value and social impacts from...
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...