Tiny ‘skyscrapers’ help bacteria convert sunlight into electricity
07 March 2022Researchers have made tiny ‘skyscrapers’ for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water.
Students taking GCSE Ancient History worry they appear ‘elitist’ to friends and family
04 March 2022The tiny minority of state-educated students who take Ancient History at GCSE worry that the subject’s exclusive reputation will brand them ‘elitist’ in the eyes...
On Putin: the man behind the war
03 March 2022Bridget Kendall, Master of Peterhouse, discusses her encounters with the man behind Russia's horrifying war on Ukraine.
Nutritious fish stocks are being squandered by salmon farming, say scientists
01 March 2022Eating wild-caught fish instead of using it as feed in salmon farming would allow nearly four million tonnes of fish to be left in the...
New industry collaboration to study cryptocurrencies and other digital assets
01 March 2022Multi-year Cambridge Digital Assets Programme launched with 16 institutional research collaborators to create open-access datasets and tools to inform digital public dialogue and decision-making in...
Road radar to reveal York's Roman secrets
01 March 2022The biggest investigation ever undertaken into Eboracum, the Roman city buried beneath York, is set to begin this summer. Ground penetrating radar will be used...
New, nature-inspired concepts for turning CO2 into clean fuels
28 February 2022Researchers have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste.
The life of Pi: Ten years of Raspberry Pi
25 February 2022The most successful computer ever to come out of the UK celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.
Microscopic view on asteroid collisions could help us understand planet formation
24 February 2022A new way of dating collisions between asteroids and planetary bodies throughout our Solar System’s history could help scientists reconstruct how and when planets were...
Digital manufacturing on a shoestring
24 February 2022How approaches to low-cost digitalisation pioneered by Cambridge researchers are helping smaller UK manufacturers to go digital and reap the rewards of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.