At the heart of St John鈥檚 is an international community of leading academics who, across the sciences and the humanities, are pushing at the frontiers of knowledge

A History postgraduate at St John鈥檚 College who travelled Britain interviewing strangers about their jobs reveals the career ladder to happiness 鈥 which might not be what you think

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, Fellow of St John's, has received the honour which recognises economists whose work has shaped the discipline and informed policy
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Two visionary St John鈥檚 College Fellows in Humanities and STEM subjects recognised for their transformative work with 今日吃瓜 in prestigious University of Cambridge awards

Professor Mete Atat眉re, Head of the Cavendish Laboratory and Fellow of St John鈥檚, welcomes new project that will see the UK鈥檚 most powerful quantum computer based at the University of Cambridge

Cambridge scientists discover vibration-driven charge transfer faster than a single molecular vibration

The patriarch of the Bront毛 family was a St John鈥檚 undergraduate who changed his surname from Brunty to Bront毛 鈥 a name his three remarkable daughters would later make famous in books that have sold millions of copies worldwide

Recording of the 2026 Linacre Lecture given at St John鈥檚 College by University of Cambridge breast cancer specialist is now available online

A new book argues that Alfred D枚blin was one of the boldest writers of the 20th century and yet the English-speaking world is largely unaware of him

鈥淲e are throwing away extraordinary amounts of useful energy every day 鈥 and we don鈥檛 need to,鈥 says Professor Andy Woods FRS, lead author of a major new Royal Society study

Landmark research, co-led by St John鈥檚 College psychologist, aims to see whether restricted use of online platforms reduces anxiety and improves wellbeing

Two renowned geochemists, a conservation scientist, a public health director, a musician and a LGBTQ+ campaigner receive accolades in King鈥檚 New Year Honours 2026

World-leading radiologist will explain innovative and streamlined ways to screen women at higher risk of breast cancer in this year鈥檚 Linacre Lecture at St John鈥檚 College
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Cambridge academic examines how physical and psychological adversity shaped the lives and work of six influential artists and writers

Researchers co-led by St John's College postgraduate call for urgent regulation after developing tool for artificial intelligence systems

Cambridge-held map published 500 years ago led 鈥榬evolution鈥 in meaning of boundaries, says St John鈥檚 College academic

Meet Will Duckett, a St John鈥檚 College Psychology PhD student researching the phenomenon of mental imagery and its impact on memories

The 15th-century carol text will be brought to life at the Advent Carol Services at St John鈥檚 College

Honour for neuroscientist who discovered how to identify patterns of consciousness in coma patients

St John鈥檚 physicist co-leads research that could revolutionise manufacture of cheap electronics and solar cells

A new spine-chilling collection of ghost stories takes readers on a terrifying tour through Britain鈥檚 Gothic past

World leaders at the annual UN climate crisis meeting learn how Cambridge researchers, led by a St John鈥檚 academic, empower farmers to innovate

Since Paul Dirac, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist from St John鈥檚, first co-founded quantum mechanics, there has been a century of scientific discovery
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Award-winning Vice President of Research at Google DeepMind, Professor Zoubin Ghahramani, awarded an Honorary Fellowship

A postgraduate researcher at St John鈥檚 College says the structure governing cooperation across the UK lacks transparency and oversight

Fellow researching architecture of Indigenous people of the Nordic countries and Russia among academy's new cohort

St John鈥檚 scientist leads mother and baby mental health project spanning climate science, psychology, and perinatal wellbeing

St John鈥檚 PhD student will lead University workshops focused on digital research methods and tools

St John鈥檚 historian uses census data to show many middle-class Mancunians lived in the same buildings as working-class residents

A bitesize digital series celebrating some of the UK鈥檚 most original thinkers has been launched to showcase the power and public value of research

Discovery holds potential to simulate blood disorders like leukaemia, and to produce long-lasting blood stem cells for transplants

Sex, ambition and betrayal 鈥 the ingredients of a modern political scandal were alive and well in Ancient Rome

St John's researcher develops sustainable way to make the chemicals found in thousands of products 鈥 from plastics to cosmetics

Cambridge scientists discover how probiotics may help prevent miscarriages, gestational diabetes and preeclampsia

St John鈥檚 academic and former national cricketer says his affordable bamboo bat design will make cricket more accessible worldwide

鈥淥ur findings point to a survival gap that begins before patients even reach the operating theatre鈥

Professor Robert Mullins co-founds major new artificial intelligence initiative to drive UK research and innovation

鈥楬idden disease鈥 that kills thousands of women and babies a year to be tackled

Mapping of a key brain enzyme reveals links to childhood disability and cancer 鈥 and could unlock new drug therapies

Physicists receive grant to pave way for groundbreaking quantum technologies

Network led by a St John鈥檚 biologist works to transform understanding of women鈥檚 medical research and care

Academics secure major support for pioneering work in quantum optical science and dyslexia
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New approach led by St John's Fellow is improving survival rates for women with breast cancer
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A state-of-the-art facility designed to push the boundaries of what is possible

鈥淚 feel an immense gratitude to my team for all the wonderful science that we do together鈥

New research by a College Fellow is challenging assumptions about how best to use renewable electricity in green ammonia production, offering ways that could make it more cost-effective

Online technologies from social media to AI are changing too fast for scientific infrastructure to gauge their public health harms, say two leaders in their field