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Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system

17 April 2025

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, have detected the chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or...

LCLU Annual Science Day 2025

2 April 2025

The Annual Science Day at Robinson College concluded on Friday 21 st March after a day of diverse and stimulating presentations by LCLU members from more than ten Cambridge University departments. The LCLU represents an opportunity for researchers speaking different ‘academic languages’ to answer key questions about Life...

Announcement: Fully Paid Scholarships Available for Taught MPhil

27 March 2025

Planetary Science and Life in the Universe MPhil programme is excited to announce fully paid scholarships available to Home-fee status female students through a collaboration between the Parasol Foundation and Murray Edwards College . These awards will provide opportunities to enable more women to pursue higher education...

Joint Collaboration Programme 2025 Awardees Announced

11 February 2025

We are happy to announce the four research projects selected for our 2025 round of Joint Collaboration Programme Awards. It is the first year that we are offering the possibility to link different projects to form a Large Programme. We are happy to award two Large projects and two single projects funding this year...

John Sutherland awarded Stanley Miller Medal from National Academy of Sciences

6 February 2025

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced John Sutherland, Group Leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division, as the 2025 recipient of the Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences – Stanley Miller Medal. The NAS awards the Stanley Miller Medal in recognition of pioneering research on the early, planetary development of...

Welcome to our new LCLU Finance Coordinator

8 January 2025

Our new Finance Coordinator Grace Wang joined the LCLU administration team on 16 December 2024. Before this role, she gained valuable experience in University as a Finance Assistant in Mott Hub, Physics Department and as a Finance Coordinator at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership(CISL), University of...

Self-Sustaining Living Habitats in Extraterrestrial Environments

10 December 2024

Self-Sustaining Living Habitats in Extraterrestrial Environments Authors: R. Wordsworth and C. Cockell Standard definitions of habitability assume that life requires the presence of planetary gravity wells to stabilize liquid water and regulate surface temperature. Here, the consequences of relaxing this assumption are...

Greenhouse Warming Potential of a Suite of Gas Species on Early Mars Evaluated Using a Radiative-Convective Climate Model

14 November 2024

Several billion years ago, geological evidence indicates that Mars was warmer and wetter, with flowing rivers and lakes on its surface. This is hard to explain because the Sun was fainter then, and Mars's orbit is more distant than Earth's. The atmosphere of early Mars was probably thicker, but additional greenhouse gases...

Trinity College and the University of Cambridge to invest £48m in PhD studentships

12 November 2024

A new multi-million fund established by Trinity and the University of Cambridge seeks the brightest minds from across the world to conduct ground-breaking research at the University, creating the next generation of pioneering treatments, technology and services. The Trinity Cambridge Research Studentships (TCRS) have been...

Bridging disciplines: the Origins Federation Conference 2024

26 September 2024

The second edition of the Origins Federation Conference brought together in Cambridge its diverse and ever more consolidated scientific community. Researchers from the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich share their impressions. News article shared by ETH Zurich, Centre for Origins and Prevalence of Life...

Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system

LCLU Annual Science Day 2025

Announcement: Fully Paid Scholarships Available for Taught MPhil

Joint Collaboration Programme 2025 Awardees Announced

John Sutherland awarded Stanley Miller Medal from National Academy of Sciences

Welcome to our new LCLU Finance Coordinator

Self-Sustaining Living Habitats in Extraterrestrial Environments

Greenhouse Warming Potential of a Suite of Gas Species on Early Mars Evaluated Using a Radiative-Convective Climate Model

Trinity College and the University of Cambridge to invest £48m in PhD studentships

Bridging disciplines: the Origins Federation Conference 2024

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