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Delegates of the Kenya CCG Network Annual Workshop, February 2024

Climate Compatible Growth programme receives funding boost from UK government

12 Aug 2024

The Climate Compatible Growth programme has received £57m of additional funding for its research into sustainable energy and transport systems in the Global South.

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A sustainable solution for cooling energy-hungry data centres in hot climates

07 Aug 2024

Two MPhil students are on a mission to slash the energy and water consumption of data centres operating in the Global South, with their start-up Terracotta Cooling.

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‘Electromagnetism for Engineers’ a book by Professor Andrew Flewitt

05 Aug 2024

Professor Andrew Flewitt’s book ‘Electromagnetism for Engineers’ is aimed at undergraduate students studying electrical engineering or physics in the first couple of years of their course.

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Human hand lit up by a smartphone displaying a chatbot interaction.

New open-source platform allows users to evaluate performance of AI-powered chatbots

01 Aug 2024

Researchers have developed a platform for the interactive evaluation of AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT. 

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Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future

29 Jul 2024

A major new research hub led by the University of Cambridge and UCL aims to harness quantum technology to improve early diagnosis and treatment of disease.

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Zenzy, a cuddly robotic creature designed specifically for autistic children.

Institute for Manufacturing Design Show 2024

22 Jul 2024

In the first year of the two-year Manufacturing Engineering Tripos course, teams of students complete a major design project to develop a new product with real business potential.

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The three students are pictured with their 'Robot Fish' looking down at the camera, against a water effect backdrop.

Cambridge students’ robotic fish hooks an honourable mention at global robot design competition

17 Jul 2024

Three MPhil in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence students were challenged to create a bio-inspired robot prototype for under $50. The result? A robotic fish with potential.

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James Taylor and his co-authors Anthony Dickens and Harry Simpson

Best Paper Award at the ASME Turbo Expo Technical Conference

15 Jul 2024

Assistant Professor James Taylor and his co-authors Anthony Dickens and Harry Simpson won the best paper award for their paper "Compressor Tip Leakage Mechanisms" at the 2023 Turbo Expo.

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Team CoolidGe.Cambridge MBA candidate Daisuke Nishizawa and MPhil ESD students Jocelin Wijaya and Ryuta Kuniyoshi on stage.

Team CoolidGe – making the case for off-grid cold storage to aid and empower Ghana’s female farmers

10 Jul 2024

Student team’s proposal for solar-powered cold storage to address gender inequality/food loss in Ghana’s agriculture sector is recognised at global impact investment challenge.

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Professor Ioannis Brilakis

Professor Ioannis Brilakis receives the Tucker-Hasegawa Award

08 Jul 2024

Professor Ioannis Brilakis receives the Tucker-Hasegawa Award for contributions to the field of automation and robotics in construction.

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