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Illustration of a human head wearing the 'smart' choker.

Graphene-based wearable strain sensor can detect and broadcast silently mouthed words

05 Sep 2024

A wearable ‘smart’ choker for speech recognition has potential to redefine the field of silent speech interface, say researchers – thanks to embedded ultrasensitive textile strain sensor tech

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RAEng Research Fellows 2024

Cambridge engineers on track to commercialise novel inventions with Enterprise Fellowships

02 Sep 2024

Cambridge engineering graduates are on their journey to startup and spinout success with the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowships.

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A head and shoulders shot of Luke Cullen and Dr Mohammad Saghafifar standing side-by-side.

Navigating the journey from technology to market – engineering researchers join EnterpriseTECH STAR

29 Aug 2024

PhD student Luke Cullen and Dr Saghafifar have been flexing their entrepreneurial mindsets as part of the EnterpriseTECH STAR prog – a 1st step on the entrepreneurship journey.

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Collaborative research paper wins Hojjat Adeli Award for Innovation in Computing

27 Aug 2024

A research paper co-authored by Prof Mark Girolami and colleagues from the Institute for Manufacturing and The Alan Turing Institute, among others, wins award for Innovation in Computing

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Transport Decarbonisation Hub secures £46 million funding

19 Aug 2024

A new national hub focused on rapidly decarbonising transport in the UK, including road, rail, air and maritime, has secured £46 million from the UK government and almost 70 partners.

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Dr Dante McGrath, winner of the Falling Walls Lab Cambridge 2024, meets last year's winner, and jury member Yizhou Yu, Founder o

Showcasing breakthrough research that creates a positive impact on science and society

15 Aug 2024

Postgrads and postdocs of all disciplines from the Universities of Cambridge, Bolton, Strathclyde and Manchester, challenged to pitch their ideas at Falling Walls Lab Cambridge – in 3 mins.

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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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