In memory of Professor James 'Jim' Wilkes, 24 January 1932 – 6 December 2020
15 December 2020
We are saddened to report the death of alumnus and former faculty member, Professor Jim Wilkes. Sir David Harrison shares his personal memories of Jim.
Open-source toolkit helps developing countries meet demand for COVID-19 research and diagnostics
Researchers at the University of Cambridge, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Stanford University, with support from Ginkgo Bioworks and the BioBricks Foundation, have developed a free, open-source toolkit that allows laboratories to produce their own tools for SARS-CoV-2 research and diagnostics, without...
CEB entrepreneur shines at climate tech competition with air pollution sensor network
As one of three winners of the Women4Climate Tech Challenge, Lorena Gordillo-Dagallier secures funding and support to pilot her project in Stockholm and Lisbon
Powering Apollo 11: the fuel cell that took us to the moon
18 July 2019
https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/ As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landings, find out about the little known invention that made the voyage possible.
Research from our Cardoso lab and their colleagues in Spain, published in Angewandte Chemie, combines two classic demos in one beautiful example of active fluid dynamics.
