The forgotten story of the British organisation that enabled the development of a system for measuring Longitude, only to disappear from memory after its demise, is to be told in full for the first time.
The most common cause of artificial joint failure is loosening of the prosthetic implant. Dr Athina Markaki is designing materials to anchor them securely.
The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the fascinating story behind the development of a new type of electronic reader.
Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are Cambridge academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises their exceptional contributions to society. As Fellows of the UK's national academy of science, these leaders in the fields of science, engineering and medicine join other famous Cambridge names such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking.
A zero-carbon home which could become a template for larger-scale production in the UK has been unveiled.
An ambitious project is making accessible some of the most important visual resources for research into international polar exploration.
As part of a unique collaborative agreement, the Japanese government has located a new research satellite at The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge.
Because of their unique structure, biological tissues exhibit physical and mechanical properties that are unlike anything in the world of engineering.
Research at the Gordon Laboratory is opening up an important new area for the surface engineering of materials.
Only a single class of engineering materials can withstand the extreme conditions deep within a jet aeroplane engine – the nickel-base superalloys.
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