Humans consume a lot of cement. Global cement production in 2017 was a whopping 4.1 billion tons and hence equivalent to the weight of roughly 65 billion adults.
Biomimetic infrastructure materials, developed as part of collaborative research involving Cambridge engineers, have been showcased at an EPSRC event hosted by the Royal Society.
Researchers from the UK and Japan have identified how the brain’s natural painkilling system could be used as a possible alternative to opioids for the effective relief of chronic pain.
As FableVision’s Executive Producer, Alumnus Peter Stidwill leads the company’s effort to manage multiple animations, games, websites, videos, and museum exhibits simultaneously.
Mohammed Elshafie is collaborating with The Alan Turing Institute, Imperial College London and 3D printing company MX3D to monitor and analyse the performance of a 3D printed footbridge
Dr Norman de Bruyne, the inventor and pioneer of revolutionary advanced adhesives, has been honoured with a posthumous award, presented to the Department of Engineering.
Kate Gross was just 36 when she died of cancer. Researchers at Cambridge, including her husband, are trying to ensure that others receive their diagnoses early enough to stop their cancer.