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Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way that’s similar to humans.

The Davidson Inventors Challenge returns for its sixth year with the launch of the 2025/26 edition, introducing a new hybrid final and bigger prizes.

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A total of 18 Engineering undergraduates have been awarded Arthur Shercliff Prizes – a newly established Cambridge fund to honour the memory of former Head of Department Professor Arthur Shercliff.

A new Cambridge study reveals why sticky liquids don’t always spread evenly, knowledge that could help cut waste, improve product quality and make everyday technologies more reliable.

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Students from the Integrated Multimodal Pattern Analysis for Climate Transformation Research Group volunteered to offer their skills in geospatial data, remote sensing, web map visualisation, and image signal processing to understand the earthquake impacts in Myanmar and Thailand.

An artificial heart valve made from a new type of plastic could be a step closer to use in humans, following a successful long-term safety test in animals.

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Civil engineer Laura Kasuni Wathe came to Cambridge to pursue an MPhil with one goal in mind: to take learnings about systems thinking, resilience, data use and user-centred design, and apply it in the African context, with the aim to contribute to sustainable development at scale.

Sixth-formers are programming robot cars, taking practical classes in graphics, and attending lectures on privacy and security as they get a taste of what it's like to study Computer Science at university.

The SIRIUS Wildfire Alliance team, which includes researchers from the University of Cambridge, has advanced to the finals of the XPRIZE wildfire competition.

Mowei Lu, a research student at the Electrical Engineering Division, Department of Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) John G. Kassakian Fellowship – the highest honour among this year’s IEEE PELS Graduate Fellowships.

What happens when student engineers are challenged to rethink how engineering serves communities? At the 2025 Grand Finals of the Engineering for People Design Challenge, innovation, empathy, and a drive for social impact took centre stage.

In this article from The Conversation, author Dr Dante McGrath, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge, discusses the three Rs of climate action that could help limit global warming — reduce, remove, reflect.

A new clay-based material developed at CEB could offer an affordable, low-waste way to tackle water pollution using only sunlight.

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Organic electronics pioneer Professor George Malliaras and medical technology start-up Coherence Neuro, founded by alumni, have joined a consortium set up to develop next generation, miniaturised bioelectronic implants to treat chronic diseases.

Professor Mark Girolami has received an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Glasgow.

A group of Year 12 students from across the UK have just visited Cambridge for the culmination of our five-month Women in Computer Science programme.

'The Geometry of Equilibrium - James Clerk Maxwell and 21st-Century Structural Mechanics' is the first book to examine James Clerk Maxwell's key discoveries in structural mechanics and their importance in the 21st century.

Professor Máté Lengyel will join leading scientists across neuroscience and machine learning as part of a 10-year programme set up to advance our understanding of how the brain processes information while interacting with the environment.

The 2025 Manufacturing Engineering Tripos (MET) Design Show showcased an impressive array of creative and innovative student inventions. Over the last year, teams of third-year MET students have completed a major design project to develop a new product with real business potential.

Professor Julian Allwood has been appointed to the Science and Technology Advisory Council to provide expert advice on putting science and tech at the forefront of the UK’s clean‑power mission.