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A Cambridge amputee football team wants to create a permanent training facility after players currently travel up to four hours for matches. Only four teams exist in the UK, forcing athletes from across the country to trek to Cheshire for league play.
Scientists at Cambridge University created a solar-powered reactor that transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into clean hydrogen fuel using acid from old car batteries. The breakthrough tackles two waste problems at once while producing valuable resources.
Researchers at Cambridge University found a way to transform two waste problems into solutions: recycling old car battery acid to break down plastic waste and produce clean hydrogen fuel. The breakthrough could turn hundreds of millions of tonnes of annual plastic waste into sustainable energy.
A 100-strong student team at Cambridge University is racing to become the first in Europe to launch a rocket into space, inspired by NASA's historic Artemis II moon mission. They're aiming to cross the 100km space boundary within two years.
Jack Trompetter, hidden as a baby to survive the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, spoke to nearly 900 students at Barnstable High School in his first Cape Cod appearance. The 82-year-old Cambridge artist spent his first three years separated from his parents, moving between safe houses until liberation in 1945.
Scientists have figured out how to use old car battery acid to break down plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel. The best part? The system actually turns a profit while cleaning up two pollution problems at once.
After three heartbreaking losses, Melbourne's Annie Anezakis finally tasted victory as Oxford defeated Cambridge in the historic women's Boat Race. The win ended Oxford's decade-long drought in front of thousands of cheering fans on the Thames.
After nearly a decade of defeats, Oxford's women's rowing crew finally crossed the finish line first in the historic Boat Race on the Thames. For two rowers who'd lost three times before, this victory tasted especially sweet.
Oxford's women's rowing crew claimed a decisive victory in the 80th Women's Boat Race, breaking a nine-year losing streak against Cambridge. In dramatic conditions on the Thames, Olympic bronze medallist Heidi Long led her team to triumph while 200,000 spectators cheered from the banks.
A high school senior from Prince William County just joined an elite group of students worldwide. His secret to success? Stop stressing and start learning.
The botany course that transformed Charles Darwin from a would-be clergyman into one of history's greatest naturalists is coming back to life. Cambridge University just uncovered rare teaching materials from Darwin's mentor and will use them to teach students this summer, exactly as they did two centuries ago.
Researchers discovered vibrations can launch electrons across solar materials in 18 femtoseconds, opening new pathways for cheaper, more efficient solar energy. Instead of fighting molecular motion, scientists can now harness it as a tool.
Researchers at Cambridge discovered that molecular vibrations can launch electrons across solar materials in just 18 femtoseconds, opening doors to cheaper and more efficient solar panels. This breakthrough could transform how we harness energy from the sun.
A racehorse sent back from Hong Kong with a serious injury has won two races in New Zealand after patient rehabilitation by a Cambridge training family. The international partnership between trainer Ben Foote and Hong Kong's David Hall proves that sometimes going home is the best medicine.
A failed experiment at Cambridge led to a breakthrough that could make life-saving medicines faster and cleaner to develop. The discovery uses simple LED light instead of toxic chemicals to modify complex drug molecules.
A failed experiment at Cambridge led to a breakthrough that could transform how medicines are made. Scientists discovered a light-powered method to modify drug molecules faster, cleaner, and without toxic chemicals.
The historic town of Elora, Ontario shows how preserving 19th-century architecture can transform a community into a thriving destination for small businesses and tourism. Cambridge residents are now advocating to follow the same path.
For the first time in nearly 200 years, both Oxford and Cambridge will row under French captains in the historic Boat Race. The moment shows how talent and dedication break barriers in one of sport's oldest traditions.
Scientists at Cambridge University have discovered how to modify complex drug molecules using LED light instead of toxic chemicals, potentially cutting months off medicine development. The breakthrough happened by accident during a failed lab experiment.
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A team of African researchers from the University of Cape Town is outperforming Princeton, Oxford, Stanford, and Cambridge in Antarctic science. Their secret? Small teams doing world-changing climate research with smart planning and genuine passion.
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