#OnThisDay 100 years ago, plans for a new University Library in Cambridge were gaining traction. By 2 October 1925, a site had been acquired and architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott RA had begun his sketches and costings. As this picture shows, by 1933, construction was underway! (Cam.a.934.2)

🌍 Join us for 'Reproduction & Sustainability: Individuals, Populations and Systems' a showcase of Cambridge research and community-building at the intersections of reproduction and sustainability. Registration is now open www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...

Tickets are now available for The PdOC Research Showcase 2025 on 10th November 2025 at West Hub, Cambridge. @westcamhub @CamPostdocs Book tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe... Sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Our Travel Grants are now open for application. Deadline for applications is 01 Nov 2025 Deadline for references is 08 Nov 2025 For more information and to apply: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/funding/trav...

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall. Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...

Proud to announce the Global EDI Forum at Cambridge Judge with associated event series. The first event, "Understanding #Race in Different Cultures", is on 14 Oct. 📚 Read more https://loom.ly/PRfBSDs 👉 Sign up for the event: https://loom.ly/4R6Wc0s#Race #EDI #BlackHistoryMonth

Cambridge researchers named Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering @raeng.org.uk www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Are you interested in learning the basics of analysing X-ray #diffractionpatterns? 📍Join us on 24-28 November for a technically focused course at the Maxwell Centre @cam.ac.uk Aimed at MPhil, PhD students and PDRAs. Book your place via the QR code. #xrdtraining #UniofCambridge #research #data

New #research: conductive #microfibres turn everyday objects into #healthcare monitors & energy devices⚡ www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/smart-m... Researchers @cam.ac.uk & collaborators demo this function using a #robotic hand, pencil & plier tool 🎬 Watch youtu.be/1n7mRr67Irg @tawfiquehasan.bsky.social

Carbon-curbing firm wins Business Weekly award: https://loom.ly/G4Fd9Cw EyeseaGreen, founded by Dr Anna-Maria Kypraiou, cut building energy use by 25–35% with its Eyesense platform. A Cambridge Judge venture, backed by Accelerate Cambridge and EnterpriseTECH. #Sustainability

PhD student Qi Wang wins prizes for advances in superconducting Trapped Field Magnets with applications for clean energy & compact technologies, high-efficiency motors, magnetic bearings, flywheels for energy storage & next-generation MRI systems www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/interna...

Patrick Carter-Cortez & Maximilian Kraus attended Nuclear Futures: Shaping Dialogue in a Changing World conference, both won prizes for Best Abstract in Category Nuclear education opportunities - Nuclear Energy MPhil www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/nuclear...

Hugh Thomas has won the John Winbolt Prize for his paper, 'Can sharing car trips deliver meaningful emissions savings? The case of Great Britain' published in the journal Applied Energy. www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/can-sha...

Design a semi-artificial flow #electrolyzer⚡️, converge #CO2 and #plastic into #formate➡️⛽️⬅️, then use it as a C1 block for #light-driven #hydrocarboxylation💡🧪 That's the latest work by Beverly and Santiago, just published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social 🥳🥳 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

📣 The 4th edition of the #Royce #CleanroomTraining is coming to the @cam.ac.uk on 12-16 January 2026! 🥼 This course will provide hands-on training in transistor fabrication and analysis within a clean room environment. 🔗 Apply to the course via link in comments by Friday 30 October 2025. #CORDE

We asked Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of @thecccuk.bsky.social, for her response to accusations of ‘inaccurate costings’ from then Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho 👇

Our new inquiry will examine the @thecccuk.bsky.social's advice on the UK’s next carbon budget. We’ll be looking its modelling, technology choices and costs, as well as how it’ll engage the public and support behaviour change. Share your views 👇 committees.parliament.uk/work/9361/th...

Interseasonal thermal energy storage can provide large energy saving. A new study investigates heat storage in aquifers. The system is thermally very efficient: after just 2-3 cycles, over 90% of the thermal energy stored is recovered. Read more below. ieef.cam.ac.uk/emmas-model-...

We have developed a new model of the dissolution of CO2 in an aquifer. It quantifies the maximum amount of CO2 which is dissolved and the time required for the dissolution ieef.cam.ac.uk/convective-d... @co2rehub.bsky.social @carbonbrief.org @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social @cambridgezero.bsky.social

🌏🌿🍃The Department's Professor @lauradiazanadon.bsky.social has been selected to serve as Lead Author on the @ipcc.bsky.social 7th Assessment Report. 🔗Find out more on our website here: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

We are holding a Q and A session on 22 May for those interested in applying. Register here: bit.ly/4jIKsNW

ICYMI our 2025 funding call with @cambridgec2d3.bsky.social is open for applications with 3 categories: 🪴 Early Career Seed Funding up to £5,000 for PhD students/postdocs 🤝 Up to £15,000 to convene networks & events 📚 Up to £25,000 for larger scale projects Find out more: bit.ly/4k13yyh

Join us - and partners Energy Institute, @ena.energy and @ofgem.bsky.social - for the industry’s flagship Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Conference. 📅 15 July 2025 📍 London/online 🎫 Free event– register now 🔗 buff.ly/XlLuoPI Sponsored by Policy by Murray.

Today at 3pm @chemistrycambridge.bsky.social MATERIALS RIG SEMINAR "Molecular electronic materials for photovoltaic and photochemical energy conversion" by Prof Jenny Nelson, Imperial @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @cebcambridge.bluesky.social www.energy.cam.ac.uk/events/molec...

Yesterday we heard from Professor Rob Miller from the Whittle Laboratory at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social, who spoke about the exciting opportunities opening up for a 'Tesla moment' in aviation and it's potential for building new industries in the UK.

Alumnus Professor Adrian Bull has an MBE for services to public understanding of nuclear matters and he is President of the UK’s Nuclear Institute. Read his interview below. @magdalenecollege.bsky.social www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/alumni-...

More than 700 state school students have seen their A-level grades rise and have secured places at top universities after receiving free University of Cambridge tuition through a UK-wide #STEM SMART initiative www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...

Which wall will your #research break? Join us at Falling Walls Lab UK 👇 www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/which-w... - - - ✅ Apply by 25 May 2025 - for students & early-career professionals of all disciplines - - - 💡Can you pitch your innovative idea in just 3 mins? 📍 Mon 7 July | 11am | Dept of Engineering

The Ray Dolby Centre, our state-of-the-art new home, is now officially open 🎉 ✨ Its 173 laboratories, lecture halls, collaborative spaces, workshops, cleanrooms and offices will give our scientists space to think outside the box. Find out how👇 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/open...

Blog SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IMPERATIVE: FUTURE GENERATIONS PERSPECTIVE ON TECH LEADING THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION Jona Cordonier-Gehring @cambridgemaths.bsky.social Shares his findings on climate change - scoping tech to optimize the clean energy transition Link - www.energy.cam.ac.uk/blog/blog-su...

NEW STUDY RETHINKS COST OF RENEWABLES IN GREEN AMMONIA PRODUCTION New study from @cebcambridge.bsky.social challenges assumptions about how best to use renewable electricity in green ammonia production, offering a practical way to design more cost-effective systems www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/news/cost-re...

🇬🇧🇨🇦The University has welcomed a high-profile Canadian #technology delegation with the aim to strengthen UK-Canada collaboration in cutting-edge #research & commercialisation in #photonics & #semiconductors www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/canada-... @cambridge-ee.bsky.social

Ready to take your research career to the next level? Apply for a #RAEngResearch Fellowship to receive up to £625,000 funding and long-term support. Open to early-career researchers at UK research institutes and universities. Apply now: raeng.org.uk/research-fel...

It’s time to cut through the hype around AI and look at how it can deliver real public value. ai@cam is at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence with purpose. Explore how Cambridge is #ShapingAIForEveryone www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-a...

🌍 New report: low-carbon fuels for shipping and maritime transport ⚓ This new analysis will support the UK maritime sector’s transition to low-carbon fuels to reduce emissions and meet the targets outlined in the UK’s Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy. Find out more: raeng.org.uk/news/new-ana...

Sign up TODAY for Early Bird tickets to Arctic Repair 2025! Arctic Repair 2025 is a 2.5 day conference showcasing the scientific knowledge and ethics relating to climate intervention technologies being used to help protect the Arctic - MCB, SAI, ice + more. Visit arcticrepair2025.com to register.

🚀 10 days left to share your views with @lordsukspacecom.parliament.uk A new Lords committee has been set up to investigate UK space policies, the challenges the sector faces, and how space can contribute to economic growth. 📄Find out more committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...

Keynote @profsanderlinden.bsky.social PSYCHOLOGICAL INOCULATION AGAINST MISINFORMATION @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk Public Policy Annual Conference 2025: Driving forward key policy questions in a turbulent world - 28 Mar '25 In conversation w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social #policy #misinformation

"UK Spinouts: status update tracks recommendations implementation from the Gov's 2023 independent review Tracking progress -understanding impact on founders & companies we support & continuing independent contribution to the policy landscape" @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk raeng.org.uk/media/pdmgua...

🗓️ Deadline 25 April 2025 Faraday Institution’s Transformational Challenge Programme for Ultra Low Cost, Long Duration Energy Storage Applications #energy #storage www.faraday.ac.uk/opportunitie...

Travel Grant - May 2025 Our Travel Grants are now open for applications, with a deadline for applications on 01 May 2025, and for references on 08 May 2025. For details and to apply, please visit: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/funding/trav...

Government kickstarts £100m fusion investment A first of its kind partnership between the government and private sector investment into the UK’s growing fusion energy industry #energy #fusion www.gov.uk/government/n...

New research, published in 'Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health', explores the lasting impacts of climate-related disasters on mental health. These events often trigger trauma responses and dissociation as subconscious coping mechanisms. Read the full story 🔗 cup.org/4jbStdj

Mohamed Elzeadani has been awarded a Royal Commission of 1851 Fellowship for his research investigating a promising connection design for timber structures that can sustain visible deformations before failure www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/1851-re...

The University is 1 of 2 UK participants named as part of the PIXEurope consortium, a collaboration between #research organisations from across #Europe, which will develop& manufacture prototypes of their products based on photonic chips www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid... @cambridge-ee.bsky.social

Alumnus’ start-up sight on world’s transition to sustainable mobility Electric-aircraft-powertrain start-up pushing #innovation boundaries to develop & manufacture #batteries + charging solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles @eng.cam.ac.uk #energy #aviation www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/alumnus...

NEWS University spin-out - CAMGRAPHIC - secures funding to improve AI energy efficiency and bandwidth - it raises €25m in new funding. #energy #ai #spinout #graphene www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

10 Cambridge AI spinouts AI has the potential to solve some of the world's most pressing challenges. To make that happen, we need people who can turn that potential into a reality incl • CarbonRE • Matnex • xWatts #energy #AI #spinout #entrepreneurship www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...

Today we are revealing the 16 innovators chosen for the 2025 cycle of the #AfricaPrize. These innovators are solving some of Africa's most pressing challenges and are looking to scale their impact. Get to know them here: raeng.org.uk/academy-sele...

Researchers have developed a smartphone app that uses machine learning to accurately determine body composition – which is linked to a higher risk of heart disease, stroke and related conditions – from photographs. www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/body-fa...