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  • Technicians and researchers in robotics and autonomous systems championed at knowledge exchange workshop

  • Cambridge researcher awarded ERC funding to explore virus-bacteria interactions to combat antibiotic resistance

  • PhD student wins award for innovative geotechnical research

  • Tiny device to transform understanding of our ‘second brain'

  • Professor Garth Wells named as Deputy Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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Technicians and researchers in robotics and autonomous systems championed at knowledge exchange workshop

11 Dec 2025

Research technicians from across the UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems community gathered at the Department for knowledge exchange, collaboration and hands-on learning as part of a workshop.

Cambridge researcher awarded ERC funding to explore virus-bacteria interactions to combat antibiotic resistance

10 Dec 2025

Dr Somenath Bakshi is one of eight Cambridge researchers who will receive a share of the European Research Council’s (ERC) record €728 million Consolidator Grant awards this year.

PhD student wins award for innovative geotechnical research

09 Dec 2025

PhD student Zhijun Xu has been awarded the Department of Engineering’s 2025 Turner Prize for his innovative contributions to geotechnical centrifuge modelling.

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