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PhD research student Qi Wang wins two prestigious international prizes for Advances in Superconducting Trapped Field Magnets.

Research by members of this Department was recognised with accolades from several leading conferences and organisations this summer.

'Efficiency, Resilience and Artificial Intelligence' will be the topic when Prof Moshe Vardi delivers the 2025 Wheeler Lecture here on Wednesday 22 October.

Researchers have found why common cuff-based blood pressure readings are inaccurate and how they might be improved, which could improve health outcomes for patients.

A University of Cambridge spin-out company working to improve AI efficiency and bandwidth has raised €25 million in new funding.

Dr. Wei Bi has been selected as one of the fifteen new ETH Fellows and will spend two years at ETH Zurich conducting interdisciplinary research on infrastructure resilience and adaptation to evolving climate risks.

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.

Smarter nanoparticle designs and a deeper understanding of their behaviour could make cancer treatments more effective and reliable, according to Professor Ljiljana Fruk and Andrew Baker.

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New study shows millions of women never seek professional medical advice for debilitating premenstrual symptoms.

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An ageing population, mounting financial constraints, and the lasting repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic have placed unprecedented strain on the system. As Lord Darzi's independent investigation of the NHS in England highlights, the NHS is grappling with declining public satisfaction, missed performance targets, and a widening gap between its founding principles and the reality experienced by patients. 

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.