How did the building blocks of life arrive on Earth?
11 October 2024Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth. The results suggest that without...
‘Inside-out’ galaxy growth observed in the early universe
11 October 2024Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the ‘inside-out’ growth of a galaxy in the early universe, only 700 million...
Trash into treasure: making clean fuel from waste and sunlight
09 October 2024Professor Erwin Reisner and his team are developing prototype devices that convert waste, water and air into practical fuels and chemicals.
How to restore a landscape
09 October 2024Inside the programme protecting Europe's land, sea and species.
Cambridge joins forces with ARIA to fast-track radical new technologies to revolutionise brain health
09 October 2024A team from across the Cambridge life sciences, technology and business worlds has announced a multi-million-pound, three-year collaboration with the Advanced Research and Invention Agency...
Solent Seascape
09 October 2024Inside the momentous effort to restore a precious marine world.
Wild horses
09 October 2024Meet the team reintroducing large herbivores to the coldest place in Spain.
University of Cambridge alumni awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
09 October 2024Two University alumni, Sir Demis Hassabis and Dr John Jumper, have been jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing an AI model...
The cost of solar power: how low can we go?
08 October 2024Professor Sam Stranks is developing next-generation solar cell technology, which could drive down renewable energy prices even further.
University of Cambridge alumnus awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
08 October 2024Geoffrey Hinton, an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with John Hopfield of Princeton University.