Act now to prevent uncontrolled rise in carbon footprint of computational science

Cambridge scientists have set out principles for how computational science – which powers discoveries from unveiling the mysteries of the universe to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 26, 2023 ~8 min

New type of computer memory could greatly reduce energy use and improve performance

Researchers have developed a new design for computer memory that could both greatly improve performance and reduce the energy demands of internet and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 23, 2023 ~5 min


Effect of volcanic eruptions significantly underestimated in climate projections

Researchers have found that the cooling effect that volcanic eruptions have on Earth's surface temperature is likely underestimated by a factor of two, and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 23, 2023 ~5 min

House of moveable wooden walls promising cheaper, greener alternative to ‘knocking through’, wins award

Cambridge architects have won a public choice award at the London Design Biennale for a prototype home constructed with flexible wooden partition walls which

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 22, 2023 ~4 min

Current conservation policies risk damaging global biodiversity, warn researchers

Rewilding, organic farming and the so-called ‘nature friendly farming’ measures included in some government conservation policies may accelerate global

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 21, 2023 ~6 min

Weak policies and political ideologies risk jeopardising plans to tackle health and climate change, says Cambridge expert

Efforts to tackle major issues facing the UK, including the nation’s health and climate change, are being hampered because politicians often ignore the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 20, 2023 ~7 min

Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste

Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed into clean,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 19, 2023 ~6 min

Project launched to provide guidance on research using human stem cell-based embryo models

The University of Cambridge has launched a project to develop the first governance framework for research involving stem cell-based human embryo models in the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 16, 2023 ~5 min


Tropical butterflies’ wings could help them withstand climate change, study suggests

Tropical butterflies with bigger, longer and narrower wings are better able to stay cool when temperatures get too hot.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 14, 2023 ~5 min

Cambridge academics join £31 million consortium to develop trustworthy and secure AI

Researchers from Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy are part of a £31 million consortium to create a UK and international research and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 14, 2023 ~2 min

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