Scientists develop synthetic leaf that turns sunlight into liquid fuel
Scientists at the UK's University of Cambridge have developed a renewable energy device that mimics photosynthesis by making fuel from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. More
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Key Worker Housing by Mecanoo references Cambridge's "architectural inventions over the centuries"
Yellow brick walls with unarranged white windows enclose communal courtyards and timber-lined walkways at the heart of Mecanoo's housing for the University of Cambridge. More
Ten architecture projects by University of Cambridge undergraduate and postgraduate students
This VDF school show by the University of Cambridge features 10 student architecture projects, including a school dispersed within Tokyo's "void space" and a subterranean base for the UK's Environment Agency. More
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Simple origami face shield can be folded from single sheet of plastic
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Queensland have created the HappyShield, an origami face shield that is made by folding a sheet of clear plastic. More
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Shipping container converted into porters' lodge for Cambridge University college
Cambridge University college Hughes Hall has a new reception building – a converted shipping container designed by local studio Neubau. More
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Stanton Williams completes contemporary extension to historic Cambridge University campus
Stanton Williams has completed a four-storey addition to a business school at the University of Cambridge, England, which features social and circulation areas that adjoin an existing historic building and are illuminated by large roof lights. More
