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What has the ERC ever done for us? Prof Ruth Cameron (Materials Science and Metallurgy) explains how an ERC grant allowed her team to develop a new biomedical technology.

From the collections at the Zoology Museum in Cambridge, marine biologist Dr Helen Scales and author of the new book The Brilliant Abyss, illuminates the majesty and marvels of the deep sea. The deep is the single biggest habitable space on the planet and home to fantastic creatures that have evolved unique ways to survive in extreme conditions of super-high pressure, little food or company, and

Cambridge University has produced a series of films about five of this year’s Pilkington Prize winners. These films go behind the scenes to show Cambridge teaching in action as well as inviting winners to explain their passion for teaching and reveal some of their trade secrets. The films feature Lecturer in German Thought, Martin Ruehl; Physics Lecturer Lisa Jardine-Wright; Sociologist Mónica

A new controller device that greatly improves the ease of use of 3D medical imaging workstations has been developed at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital.

The Vice-Chancellor marked the start of the new academic year this morning by giving his annual address to the University in the Senate House.

In a new film, leading Cambridge University researchers discuss the far-reaching advances offered by artificial intelligence – and consider the consequences of developing systems that think far beyond human abilities.

Former Oxfam CEO, Dame Barbara Stocking (Murray Edwards, New Hall 1969), talks Dome Life with current student, Bethany Evans. Watch the sneak preview here.

Sir David Attenborough and BBC presenter Iolo Williams introduce ‘The Evidence Effect’, a film about a conservation revolution that’s helping to protect biodiversity across our planet. We face both the ‘sixth mass extinction’ of biodiversity and an ‘evidence emergency’ stopping us from conserving it in the way we need for the future of the planet. But change is afoot. A new approach

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will deliver the third University of Cambridge Lecture on Globalisation, Sustainability, and the Power of Ideas, highlighting the latest law and governance innovations connecting world trade, sustainability and development.

The discovery of a way to measure longitude revolutionised long-distance sea travel forever, but the institution which made it happen has all but disappeared from memory. Now researchers led by Professor Simon Schaffer are launching a new project to remember the Board of Longitude and tell its remarkable story in full for the first time.

A new Cambridge University study has found that wild honeyguide birds prefer to cooperate with people who have learned local cultural traditions, to find and access honey-filled bees’ nests.

Entomics Biosystems, a company set up by a group of Cambridge students, is developing a sustainable feed of the future – based on maggots and food waste.

Newnham College student Saffia Mahmoud uses vlogging to 'big up' the Islamic Society of Cambridge for helping her settle into her new life on campus.

Asian elephants are able to recognise their bodies as obstacles to success in problem-solving, further strengthening evidence of their intelligence and self-awareness, according to a new study from the University of Cambridge.

The Vice-Chancellor marked the start of the new academic year this morning by giving his annual address to the University in the Senate House. www.cam.ac.uk/consultation

New research led by Gates Cambridge Scholar Alison Greggor, shows urban birds are less afraid of litter than their country cousins. It suggests they may learn that it is not dangerous and shows how some animals can learn to adapt to human-dominated environments.

Researchers discover novel trapping mechanism for Nepenthes gracilis pitchers. During heavy rain, the lid of Nepenthes gracilis pitchers acts like a springboard, catapulting insects that seek shelter on its underside directly into the fluid-filled pitcher, new research has found. The findings were published today, Wednesday 13 June, in the journal PLoS ONE.

The House of Lords Reform Bill, which is currently before Parliament, is the latest of many attempts to reform the upper chamber of the UK Parliament. It is over a hundred years since the enactment of the Parliament Act 1911, which changed the balance of power between the Lords and the Commons, but which was intended only as a stopgap measure pending the transformation of the Lords into an

Join us for the premiere of An Everyday Family Practice, written by Patrick Morris, Co-Artistic Director of Menagerie Theatre Company. This touching, darkly humorous and at times challenging drama explores the impact on a family of a diagnosis of terminal illness. An Everyday Family Practice is an original short play, devised, filmed and premiered at the 2021 Cambridge Festival. Go to

Ground-breaking new sensing technologies in the world's first 'smart tunnel' are providing engineers with an inexpensive and efficient method of monitoring, maintaining and protecting the UK's infrastructure, now and well into the future.