General

University Challenge Win

25 April 2018 Congratulations to James Devine-Stoneman who captained the winning team on BBC Two University Challenge! It is the first time since the show aired in 1962 that a...

22 June 2026

General

Jim Charles 1926-2017

19 April 2018 James Anthony Charles, universally known as Jim, was born on 23 August 1926 in Ardrossan, Ayrshire.  He had just one sister who survived infancy, Mary, eleven years...

22 June 2026

Awards and Prizes

Four Department winners – CSAR PhD Student Awards 2018!

05 April 2018 The Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) recently announced the names of the 10 PhD students from the University of Cambridge who have received the 2018 CSAR PhD...

22 June 2026

General

The Naked (Materials) Scientists!

04 April 2018 Dr Rachel Oliver participated in The Naked Scientists Q&A: Greedy Guts & Useless Numbers on Sunday 25th March.  The panel of experts comprised geneticist and food neuroscientist...

22 June 2026

General

Total Energy and Force Methods 2018

16 January 2018 The latest workshop in the “mini” series associated to the “Total Energies and Forces” conference, organised by ICTP in Trieste every two years, was held in Cambridge...

22 June 2026

Awards and Prizes

Dr Xavier Moya attends SRUK Emerging Talent Award presentation

14 December 2017 Dr Xavier Moya (above, centre) was presented with his SRUK Emerging Talent Award 2017 in a ceremony at the Spanish Embassy.   The presentation was made by Carlos Bastarrache Sagües,...

22 June 2026

General

Jim Charles, 1926 – 2017

15 November 2017 We are deeply saddened to announce that Dr Jim Charles, Emeritus Reader in Metallurgy, died peacefully in Cambridge on 13 November 2017, aged 91. Jim is remembered...

22 June 2026

Awards and Prizes

Rolls Royce and the RR UTC shortlisted for an award at this year’s THE Awards

07 September 2017 Rolls Royce has been shortlisted for its work with the universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Swansea in the Most Innovative Contribution to Business-University Collaboration category at this...

22 June 2026

Awards and Prizes

Professor Judith Driscoll to receive the IEEE Dr. James Wong Award

25 July 2017 The Council on Superconductivity has selected Professor Judith Driscoll to receive the IEEE Dr. James Wong Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions to Applied Superconductivity Materials Technology....

22 June 2026

Awards and Prizes

Congratulations to Dr Xavier Moya

30 June 2017 Dr Xavier Moya has been awarded the Emerging Talent Award 2017, which is awarded by the Spanish Society of Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK) and the...

22 June 2026