Dementia patients and their carers to be asked about direction of drug research
Today sees the launch of the POrtal for Patient and Public Engagement in Dementia Research (POPPED) website, where anyone can give their feedback on dementia research projects.Dementia affects 50...
View ArticleCambridge UK leaders explore Cambridge US innovation ecosystem
The tour included visits to CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center), Greentown Labs, LabCentral, The Engine, MassRobotics, and Harvard Innovation Labs - each playing a vital role in supporting technology...
View ArticleStormzy among eight nominated for honorary degrees
Michael Omari Owuo Junior, better known as Stormzy, will receive a Doctorate in Law in recognition of his philanthropic work and impact in a number of fields, including education, music, sport and...
View ArticleCambridge's Institute for Manufacturing launches 2025 UK Innovation Report
This year’s report analyses the UK’s innovation landscape, by benchmarking industrial sectors against global competitors and delivering key insights into the country’s strengths, challenges, and...
View ArticleFully AI driven weather prediction system could start revolution in forecasting
The system, Aardvark Weather, has been supported by the Alan Turing Institute, Microsoft Research and the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts. It provides a blueprint for a new approach...
View ArticleLord Patrick Vallance, Science Minister and Oxford-Cambridge Innovation...
During his visit he saw the proposed city-centre site of Cambridge’s new flagship innovation hub, which was endorsed by the Chancellor Rachel Reeves earlier this year, and heard about plans for the...
View ArticleCambridge leads top three universities for number of new spinouts
The Spotlight on Spinouts 2025 report, produced by the Royal Academy of Engineering in collaboration with Beauhurst, analyses annual trends in UK spinouts. The University of Cambridge ranks second to...
View ArticleUniversity spin-out secures funding to improve AI energy efficiency and...
CamGraPhIC - co-founded Professor Andrea Ferrari, Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, and Dr Marco Romagnoli of CNIT in Italy - is developing new types of photonic circuits for energy-efficient,...
View ArticleThriving Antarctic ecosystems found following iceberg calving
An international team of scientists have uncovered a thriving underwater ecosystem off the coast of Antarctica that had never before been accessible to humans.The team, including researchers from the...
View ArticleWebb Telescope sees galaxy in mysteriously clearing fog of early Universe
A key goal of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has been to see further than ever before into the distant past of our Universe, when the first galaxies were forming after the Big Bang, a...
View ArticleCambridge Blue Boats revealed for The Boat Race 2025
With just over two weeks to go until the showdown on the River Thames, the Light Blues are gearing up to defend their titles. Cambridge leads the historic tally in both the men’s and women’s events and...
View ArticleCambridge triumphs in Varsity double as University and United FC forge...
The memorable evening, witnessed by over 2,000 spectators, set the perfect stage for the announcement of a new formal partnership between Cambridge University Association Football Club (CUAFC) and...
View ArticleStudents from across the country get a taste of studying at Cambridge at the...
We were delighted to welcome pupils from Warrington’s Lymm High School, Ipswich High School, The Charter School in North Dulwich, Rickmansworth School, Sutton Valance School in Maidstone as well as...
View ArticleFarewell, Gaia: spacecraft operations come to an end
On 27 March 2025, Gaia’s control team at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre switched off the spacecraft’s subsystems and sent it into a ‘retirement orbit’ around the Sun.Though the spacecraft’s...
View ArticlePlay 'humanises' paediatric care and should be key feature of a...
Play should be a core feature of children’s healthcare in forthcoming plans for the future of the NHS, according to a new report which argues that play “humanises” the experiences of child patients.The...
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