Energy

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Research is tackling the need to reduce energy demand, maintain energy supply, increase the efficiency of energy-requiring processes, and develop policy and pricing strategies. To find out more about our research in energy, visit the .��

What now for the future of energy?

22 Feb 2013

Alarming headlines this week claimed that we are dangerously close to power shortages and teetering on the brink of a major ‘energy crisis’...

Thermogram of a Passivhaus with a traditional house in the background., Credit: Passivhaus Institut via Wikimedia Commons.

Energy efficiency and human behaviour

18 Feb 2013

Are buildings that consume less energy really more energy efficient as a result? As the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge begins Switch Off Week, researcher...

Europe pledges one billion euros on graphene as platform for emerging technologies

28 Jan 2013

A major research initiative which will create a European network of academics and companies working on graphene has been approved, with the...

Smarter infrastructure

10 Jan 2013

A team from the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction has developed a mechanical amplifier which converts ambient vibrations into...

Detail from a hybrid three-dimensional heterostructure consisting of graphene, boron nitride and molybdenum disulphide in two dimensional layers.

Changing our material future, layer by layer

20 Dec 2012

Researchers are aiming to develop a new class of materials with remarkable properties using one atom-thick substances such as graphene and other two...

Initial ISI-MIP simulation showing the effects on vegetation productivity at the highest emissions scenario (reduction: red to yellow; increase: green to blue)

Modelling impacts of a warming world

03 Oct 2012

A community-driven modelling effort aims to quantify one of the gravest of global uncertainties: the impact of global warming on the world’s food...

Energy efficiency symposium - new attendees welcome

24 Jul 2012

Inaugural event will explore some of the latest in energy research.

Thermal image of two people standing outside a building. ̽��ֱ��study found that in many European countries, including the UK, predicted energy usage in homes bears little resemblance to the amount used in practice.

̽��ֱ��prebound effect

03 Jul 2012

Many homes with poor energy efficiency are actually consuming far less energy than predicted, new research has found. ̽��ֱ��study has implications for...

̽��ֱ��galaxy NGC 4151. Researchers were able to use this galaxy to accumulate data about flares coming from a mysterious X-ray source close to the giant black hole at its centre.

“Echo” of light augurs new era in study of black holes

31 May 2012

A long-sought “echo” of light that promises to reveal more about supersized black holes in distant galaxies has been identified by an international...