Technology News

Dr Jenny Molloy co-leads Wellcome Trust-funded international effort to scale-up low-cost sequencing of disease-causing pathogens.

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Professor Andrew Pitts has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is one of more than 90 new Fellows recognised for their substantial contribution to the advancement of science.

Researchers have developed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes as a tool for detecting certain types of heart disease.

An undergraduate here is among the authors of a new paper on how AI tools can help conservationists quickly access the information they need to tackle the biodiversity crisis.

Alumnus Adrian Bull MBE is a Professor at the University of Manchester, within the Dalton Nuclear Institute. He took up the role in 2021 after a career in the nuclear industry.  

Students and early-career professionals of all disciplines are encouraged to apply to the Falling Walls Lab UK – an international competition that challenges you to pitch your innovative idea in just three minutes.

Danckwerts–Pergamon prize awarded to student developing urine test for early detection into lung cancer.

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Dr Amparo Güemes and PhD student Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano have been awarded a fellowship and scholarship respectively by the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (WCSIM).

The UK government has announced measures to drive the commercial adoption of CHERI, the pioneering cybersecurity technology co-developed by researchers here.

Neutreeno helps businesses tackle Scope 3 emissions by offering advanced tools to decarbonise supply chains up to 50 times faster than traditional methods, driving the global shift to a low-carbon economy. 

More than 700 state school students have seen their A-level grades rise and have secured places at top universities after receiving free Cambridge tuition through a UK-wide STEM SMART initiative.

Professor Nathan Crilly’s book ‘Design thinking and other approaches’ focuses on what people from different disciplines bring to problem solving and creative work.

Shagun Garg, a second-year PhD student in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, has been recognised as a Geospatial World Rising Star 2025, joining an international cohort of young professionals who are shaping the future of geospatial science and technology.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025

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An AI 'unicorn' company and the world's first commercial-quality open-source chip were among the winners at our annual Hall of Fame Awards on 23 April, which celebrates the companies and achievements of our alumni and staff.

The team behind Neela Biotech, a company co-founded by early career researcher Dr Deepanshu Singh and final-year PhD student Friederike Nintzel, have won the 2025 Cambridge Zero Climate Challenge for developing a method that turns multiple waste streams into highly valuable chemicals such as sustainable aviation fuels.

Tractable has been named Company of the Year and OpenTitan is Product of the Year in our annual Hall of Fame Awards. These celebrate the companies set up by students, staff and alumni of this Department.

Ten years after he completed his own PhD here thanks to a scholarship, alumnus Dr Raoul-Gabriel Urma – a successful EdTech entrepreneur – is giving another students here the same opportunity.

Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network, including the UK’s first long-distance quantum-secured video call.

Tom Garnett is CEO and co-founder of Refute a tech startup focussed on fighting disinformation on behalf of organisations, detecting and responding to campaigns at the speed of the attackers. Refute uses data to model and score threat behaviours, in context and over time, enabling effective in-channel response.