AI-driven techniques reveal new targets for drug discovery
27 Sep 2023Researchers have developed a method to identify new targets for human disease, including neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.
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Oxygen ‘holes’ could hold the key to higher performing EV batteries
19 Jul 2023Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding and overcoming the challenges associated with nickel-rich materials used in lithium-ion batteries.
Effect of volcanic eruptions significantly underestimated in climate projections
23 Jun 2023Researchers have found that the cooling effect that volcanic eruptions have on Earth's surface temperature is likely underestimated by a factor of two, and potentially as much as a factor of four, in standard climate projections.
Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste
19 Jun 2023Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the sun.
Developing solutions for the energy transition
14 Jun 2023Solutions are being developed at Cambridge that can be implemented, grown to scale, and used to accelerate the rapid transition to a net zero and then zero emissions economy.
Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power
18 May 2023Researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as drop-in fuel.
Photosynthesis ‘hack’ could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy
22 Mar 2023Researchers have ‘hacked’ the earliest stages of photosynthesis, the natural machine that powers the vast majority of life on Earth, and discovered new ways to extract energy from the process, a finding that could lead to new ways of generating clean fuel and renewable energy.
New form of ice is like a snapshot of liquid water
02 Feb 2023A collaboration between scientists at Cambridge and UCL has led to the discovery of a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other and may hold the key to understanding this most famous of liquids.
Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council Consolidator Grants
31 Jan 2023Eight researchers from the University of Cambridge have won European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants
DNA sequencing method lifts ‘veil’ from genome black box
23 Jan 2023Many life-saving drugs directly interact with DNA to treat diseases such as cancer, but scientists have struggled to detect how and why they work – until now.
