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On 4th November 2024, the QAMSS Community Day brought together leading researchers, industry experts, and stakeholders to explore the transformative potential of Quantum and Advanced Materials technologies for a sustainable future. The event, held at the University of Cambridge, served as a dynamic platform for fostering collaboration, sharing cutt…

A digital twin (DT) of the human body is a virtual representation of an individual’s physiological state, created using real-time data from sensors and medical devices, with the purpose of simulating, predicting and optimizing health outcomes through advanced analysis and modelling. Human body DTs have the potential to revolutionize healthcare and…

At a recent event to celebrate the successes of Horizon Europe, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology the Rt Hon Michelle Donelan highlighted “boundary-breaking” work coming out of the Graphene Flagship.The Graphene Flagship is an international project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon programme. It brings together…

Image caption: CGC alumni clockwise from top left: Ellen Smith, Anna Ott, Silvia Milana, Flavia TomarchioThe mission of the Cambridge Graphene Centre is to investigate the science and technology of graphene, carbon allotropes, layered crystals and hybrid nanomaterials. Throughout its first decade as a locus for pioneering scientific enquiry, talent…

New rocket and lunar experiments involving graphene are informing space exploration. Applying graphene to the wheels of the Rashid moon rover will reveal whether this super strong material is also ‘Moon-proof’. Meanwhile, testing graphene-inks in a sounding rocket will test their ability to enable 3D printing in space – which could allow astronauts…

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has awarded the first Transition Grant to the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. The project CHARM —chemometric histopathology via coherent Raman imaging for precision medicine— has received over €3.2 million to develop new medical imaging technologies. EIC funding will help the transitio…

Today, the Royal Academy of Engineering has announced the election of 69 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology to its Fellowship. Among them is our Cambridge Graphene Centre Director Andrea C. Ferrari, Professor of Nanotechnology.Professor Andrea Ferrari's work sits at the frontier between engineering, nanotechnology and materi…

Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data – a big leap forward for our data-hungry societyNew research at the Cambridge Graphene Centre demonstrates that graphene can be used for ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD), with up to a tenfold jump compared to current technologies. This study was carried out in coll…

Using an alcohol mixture, researchers modified how ink droplets dry, enabling cheap industrial-scale printing of electronic devices at unprecedented scales.Have you ever spilled your coffee on your desk? You may then have observed one of the most puzzling phenomena of fluid mechanics – the coffee ring effect. This effect has hindered the industrial…

Three-electrode cell with built-in pressure sensor snags 2020 CAPA prizeTwo proud doctoral students from the Cambridge Graphene Centre and the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technologies, at the University of Cambridge, have been presented with the 2020 CAPE Acorn Post-graduate Research Award (CAPA). This prize recognizes their inno…

CGC graduate student Jakob E. Muench received the Hamilton Prize for his work on graphene photodetectors for telecom applications.The University awards the Hamilton Prize to the best scientific report on the theory or practice of the physics or engineering of any aspect of communication, propagation, or signal processing, associated with electromag…

A graphene-titania photocatalyst degrades up to 70% more atmospheric NOx than standard titania nanoparticles in tests on real pollutants.Scientists at the Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group and other partners, have developed a graphene-titania photocatalyst that degrades …

Scientists have designed an ultra-miniaturised device that could image single cells without the need for a microscope or make chemical fingerprint analysis possible from within a smartphone camera.The device, made from a single nanowire 1000 times thinner than a human hair, is the smallest spectrometer ever designed. It could be used in potential a…

The University of Cambridge is a partner in the Quantum Flagship, one of the most ambitious long-term research and innovation initiatives of the European Commission, funded under the Horizon 2020 programme with a budget of €1 billion over the next ten years. The Quantum Flagship is the third large-scale research and innovation initiative of this k…

Graphene enables ultra-wide bandwidth communications coupled with low power consumption, surpassing the needs of 5G, IoT and Industry 4.0.Researchers from the Cambridge Graphene Centre, together with industrial and academic collaborators within the European Graphene Flagship project, showed that integrated graphene-based photonic devices offer a un…