Explore how technology can contribute to sustainable development, and look at how life-saving possibilities are emerging from the discipline of Materials Science, in the next free Marshall’s Holiday Lecture tomorrow, Saturday 17 April.

Five Cambridge academics have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.

Rolls-Royce and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will work jointly with the Universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Swansea in a new £50 million strategic partnership.

The three successful candidates for the 2010 Pavate Fellowships have been announced.

A remarkable light-emitting material, gallium nitride, could slash electricity consumption, purify water and kill superbugs.

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.

Forty teachers from around the country gave up the first week of their summer holidays to come to Cambridge to take advantage of a national programme designed to enrich and enhance their enjoyment and understanding of science.

Recently developed strong materials, such as self-healing composites, are the central theme of a Cambridge conference featuring some of the biggest names in materials science.

Five Cambridge scientists have been recognised for their contributions to science, engineering and medicine with their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society.