Charlotte Hester

We're seeking nominations for our Expert Advisory Group on Future Mars Exploration. 🔴 With the Rosalind Franklin rover launching in 2028, now is the time to help shape the UK's role in Mars exploration. 🛰️ Learn more and submit nominations by 1 June 👉 orlo.uk/1RvOx

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough! 🎂 Today, we celebrate his extraordinary career as a legendary broadcaster and natural historian whose voice has inspired generations worldwide for decades. A graduate of @ClareCollege, Sir David is an Honorary Patron of @CCI_Cambridge, which brings together a global network of conservationists across disciplines. Many happy returns and thank you for a century of curiosity, wonder and unwavering dedication to life on earth.

Welcome to the Spring 2026 edition of our Department magazine featuring Amy Weatherup on the cover, Director of @Camiteams, who is based at the @IfMCambridge CLICK TO VIEW👉eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/pages/… Amy has run Cambridge i-Teams for 20 years. Read more on p7 via the link above🆙

Breaking the bottlenecks: @Cambridge_Uni alumni launch #AI platform to accelerate #infrastructure & development planning eng.cam.ac.uk/news/breaking-… @SchemeFlow is an AI platform that rapidly generates technical documentation for #construction projects @YoursCambridge @ycombinator

To the Moon – @Cambridge_Uni alumna & @csa_asc astronaut Dr Jenni Gibbons is supporting the historic #ArtemisII mission 🚀 eng.cam.ac.uk/news/moon-camb… Acting as the critical voice link between the #astronauts in space & the teams on the ground at @NASA's Mission Control Center

The lunar flyby is happening! So proud of the mission team for getting to this milestone. During the flyby, my job as Artemis capcom is to help guide the crew with the help of the science team. youtube.com/watch?v=41NRBK…

This ancient #Egyptian #artefact initially intrigued #Egyptologists at the Fitzwilliam Museum due to its complicated design. What was it like on the inside? And how did it all connect up? eng.cam.ac.uk/news/revealing… Thanks to micro-computed tomography (#microCT), we can find out👇

My job as an Astronaut Support Person (or ASP) is to prep Integrity for flight. I work in the capsule to make everything is exactly as expected – from the seats to the switches. Teamwork truly does make the dream work! Let’s go fly!

We flew in to Cape Canaveral today, preparing for our next opportunity to launch Artemis II. Let’s go 🚀 // Nous sommes arrivés à Cap Canaveral aujourd’hui, nous préparant à la prochaine opportunité de lancement d’Artemis II. C’est parti! 🚀

🆕@Cambridge_Uni will help train industry-ready #nuclear scientists as part of 2 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Doctoral Focal Awards in Nuclear Skills eng.cam.ac.uk/news/universit… At Cambridge, 26 #PhD studentships expected as part of the two progs @cebcambridge @DeptofPhysics

A new kind of engineering capability has arrived in the UK ⚙️ A 60-tonne pressure vessel delivered to @WhittleLab is part of a 4MW rapid test facility – bringing Formula-1-style iteration to aerospace, energy and defence. We also took delivery of a @RollsRoyce Trent XWB. Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/41aE0Y7 #ActionThisDay

NASA teams have polled 'go' to proceed toward Artemis II's launch around the Moon. We're targeting March 19 to roll the rocket out to the launchpad at @NASAKennedy in advance of a launch attempt on April 1, pending completion of work at the pad: go.nasa.gov/4b8jgq3

Dr Curie Park @IfMCambridge & PhD student Dr Saleyha Ahsan recognised by @Cambridge_Uni with awards for their contributions to research impact & engagement eng.cam.ac.uk/news/engineeri… Dr Park = Collaboration Award winner Dr Ahsan = Early Career Researcher Award – Highly Commended

Nasa targets early March to send humans back around the Moon bbc.in/4kLEFIs

Writing forces your brain to coordinate memory, reasoning, and meaning-making simultaneously. Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.

Thank you Eric! That is very kind.

AI 'slop' is transforming social media - and a backlash is brewing bbc.in/3ZL2t5G

Researchers have become the first to combine multiple image types – RGB (that mimics human vision), depth & infra-red – in a 3D camera set up to monitor #premature babies in #neonatal intensive care, providing a second set of eyes for #nurses eng.cam.ac.uk/news/second-se… @CUH_NHS

Dr Jenni Gibbons is an alumna of ours 👩‍🚀She is the backup #astronaut on the Artemis II mission due to launch no earlier than February 8, 2026 🚀

PhD student Jack Peden announced as the winner of the Dept’s 2025 Helios Prize – awarded for #research on #sustainable energy &/or energy efficiency eng.cam.ac.uk/news/jack-pede… His winning co-authored paper details #tech that has the potential to be scaled up for real-world use