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- 06/06/13 : New Centre will bring together frontier physics research and the needs of industry
- 05/06/13 : Research by Prof Tony Green (School of Clinical Medicine) and Prof Ben Simons (Cavendish Laboratory) first to use mathematical modeling to investigate leukemia gene's effect on stem cells
- 03/06/13 : Prof Dame Athene Donald interviewed for BBC Radio 4's "The Life Scientific" programme, to be broadcast on 04/06/13 at 0900 and 2130.
- 03/06/13 : Flexible Opals
- 17/5/13 : Cavendish researchers are the first to create a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) in a 3D optical-box trap, which resembles a tin can.
- 16/05/13 : Graphene joins the race to redefine the ampere
- 08/05/13 : Cavendish Laboratory is ranked 2nd Physics Department in the world in the 2013 QS World University Rankings.
- 08/05/13 : A team of physicists working at the Universities of Cambridge and Leipzig have used a combination of single molecule techniques and theoretical calculations to follow and quantitatively describe the relaxation dynamics of DNA molecules.
- 08/05/13 : Government award £7M to Cambridge Rutherford Schools Physics Project which will be led by Prof Mark Warner
- 24/04/13 : Science Museum LHC exhibition
- 04/04/13 : "The Good Mentorship Guide" an article in Physics World by Dr Sarah Bohndiek who joins the Cavendish on 1st July 2013 (Physics World (26),4, p4, 4 April 2013).
- 20/03/13 : Laser-like photons signal major step towards quantum internet
- 15/3/13 : "New Data Boosts Case for Higgs Boson Find" article in The Wall Street Journal quoting Prof Andy Parker
- 08/03/13 : Suffrage Science 2013: Prof Dame Athene Donald one of 12 leading female scientists awarded Suffrage Heirloom Jewellery and Textiles
- 08/03/13 : Champions extol the virtues of Juno
- 07/02/13 : Dr Pietro Cicuta and fellow researchers in the University's Physics of Medicine Initiative "Find malaria's weak spot"
- 31/1/13 : 3D Microchip Created
- 24/01/13 : CASTEP achieves $30 million in sales
- 14/01/13 : Making graphene work - Layer-by-Layer
- 8/1/13 : Dr Alex Chin, a Winton Advanced Research Fellow, discusses quantum photosynthesis discovery that could lead to new designs for solar energy
- 13/12/12 : Prof Dame Athene Donald appointed to the Scientific Council of the ERC
- 05/12/12 : Dance of quantum tornadoes
- 12/11/12 : Dr Yingjie Peng awarded the ETH Medal
- 12/11/12 : Supersymmetry in a Spin
- 9/11/12 : DNA-driven Colloidal Aggregation leading to new Nanostructured Materials
- 08/11/12 : Quantum kisses change the colour of nothing
- 31/10/12 : Prof Didier Queloz to join the Cavendish Laboratory
- 18/10/12 : Construction starts on The Battcock Centre for Experimental Astrophysics
- 28/09/12 : Cavendish Laboratory Part III student, Sam Bayliss, awarded a 2012 SET Award for "Materials discovery of solar-cell chromophores for co-sensitisation."
- 24/9/12 : Cavendish Laboratory's Physics at Work event highlighted in "Local Secrets Students & Youth Magazine"
- 19/9/12 : 2,300 School students get hands on with Physics at Work
- 19/9/12 : Physics At Work, Prof Dame Athene Donald blogs for The Guardian Newspaper
- 24/07/12 : Inaugural Winton Energy Efficiency Symposium to be held on 1st October 2012
- 12/7/12 : Artificial membranes to mimic the complex functions of cells
- 10/7/12 : Professor Neil Greenham awarded The Royal Society's 2012 Kavli Medal and Lecture
- 9/7/12 : Institute of Physics Awards to members of the Cavendish Laboratory
- 04/07/12 : Particle consistent with Higgs Boson found
- 22/6/12 : Professor Malcolm Longair awarded an Honorary Degree from the University of Edinburgh
- 23/06/12 : bdj50: Conference in Cambridge to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Publication of Brian Josephson’s Seminal Work, 23rd June 2012
- 01/10/12 : Winton Inaugural Symposium on 'Energy Efficiency', to be held at the Cavendish. Register now!
- 31/05/12 : Senior Academic Promotions 2012
- 18/05/12 : Prof Dame Athene Donald to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of East Anglia
- 23/06/12 : bdj50: Conference in Cambridge to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Publication of Brian Josephson’s Seminal Work, 23rd June 2012
- 27/04/12 : Dr Suchitra Sebastian to be awarded the 2012 IUPAP Young Scientist Medal in the field of Magnetism
- 08/02/12 : Scientists from the Cavendish Laboratory have developed a novel type of solar cell which could harvest energy from the sun much more efficiently.
- 17/01/12 : Seeing Quantum Mechanics with the naked eye
- 17/01/12 : Research reveals shocking new way to create nanoporous materials, ("Nature Materials",11, 53–57 2012)
- 17/01/12 : Cavendish Astrophysics research, past, present and future, featured on BBC's "Inside Out in the East" (see BBC iplayer 19min 30s, available until 7:59PM Mon, 23 Jan 2012).
- 14/12/11 : Cavendish researchers reveal "Why buttercups reflect yellow on chins".
- 07/12/11 : Lennard-Jones Centre for Computational Materials Centre to open on 16th December
- 10/11/11 : Prof Sir Richard Friend awarded Harvey Prize 2011 of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- 25/10/11 : Prof Bryan Webber is joint recipient of the APS J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
- 13/10/11 : Alexander von Humboldt Professorship awarded to Dr Jochen Guck
- 29/09/11 : Strawberries and custard voted the most popular exhibits at Physics at Work 2011
- 22/09/11 : Ping-Pong with Electrons
- 17/08/11 : Cavendish Laboratory in collaboration with Dolomite Develop Innovative Device for Optical Micromanipulation of Cells
- 26/07/11 : Teaching physics outside the comfort zone with the Senior Physics Challenge.
- 19/07/11 : "What's the best way to catch a falling child?" Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright explains ....
- 08/07/11 : Richard Brierley of TCM Group awarded the University's Hamilton Prize.
- 07/07/11 : The 2011 Gjønnes Medal in Electron Crystallography to be awarded to Prof Archie Howie FRS and Prof Michael Whelan FRS (Oxford)
- 05/07/11 : IOP Paterson Medal and Prize awarded to Dr Jochen Guck of the BSS Sector
- 05/07/11 : Prof Michael Payne of the TCM Group to be conferred Honorary Fellowship of the IOP
- 05/07/11 : Cavendish Alumnus, Dr Don Arnone CEO of Teraview, awarded the IOP Joule Medal and Prize
- 05/07/11 : Cavendish Alumnus, Prof Andy McKenzie of St Andrews University awarded the IOP Mott Medal and Prize
- 04/07/11 : Cavendish Researchers discover important step in the next generation of computing
- 27/06/11 : Results from the MINOS Experiment at FNAL
- 17/06/11 : Professor David Ward of the High Energy Physics Group awarded a Pilkington Prize
- 09/06/11 : Senior Academic Promotions
- 20/05/11 : Professor Jeremy Baumberg elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society
- 18/05/11 : Professor Dame Athene Donald to give Newnham College’s Henry Sidgwick Memorial Lecture Friday 20th May.
- 10/05/11 : Pentagonal tiles pave the way towards organic electronics
- 06/05/11 : Professor Dame Athene Donald is the recipient of the 2011 UKRC Women of Outstanding Achievement Award for "Lifetime Achievement".
- 22/03/11 : Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability launched on Thursday 24th March 2011
- 08/03/11 : Professors Athene Donald & Jocelyn Bell-Burnell listed in The Guardian's list of 100 most inspiring women
- 25/02/11 : SCES 2011 Conference to be held in Cambridge 29 August to 3rd September 2011
- 24/02/11 : IOP Conference to celebrate 100 years of Superconductivity, 25 years of High Temperature Superconductivity, 11-12 July 2011, Cavendish Laboratory
- 15/02/11 : Condensed Matter Physics Journal Club highlights Cambridge research on Thermodynamically Stable Blue Phases
- 02/02/11 : Richard Ansorge interviewed by the Naked Scientists - Designing Combined PET/MRI Scanners
- 04/01/11 : Research lays foundation for new era of electronics
- 10/12/10 : Prof John Baldwin, FRS (1931 - 2010)
- 17/11/10 : Professor Dame Athene Donald on The 100 Most Powerful Women in Britain list
- 16/11/10 : Successful collaboration between SMF Group and Imperial College London on the road to breaking a new world record, reported by BBC News
- 15/11/10 : £20 million donation to revolutionise physics research
- 10/11/10 : Open Days for Prospective Graduate Students
- 11/10/10 : Cavendish Laboratory receives IoP Juno Champion Award
- 07/10/10 : Prof Sir Richard Friend and Prof David Mackay named among most important figures in British science
- 05/10/10 : Prof David Mackay profiled in "The Engineer"
- 30/09/10 : BBC Cambridgeshire : Prof Andy Parker on the ATLAS project
- 27/09/10 : Feel the force of Physics
- 17/09/10 : Cockcroft & Walton's splitting of the atom featured on BBC's "The One Show" (see BBC iplayer 22min 59s).
- 14/09/10 : Bright future for British solar
- 06/09/10 : Cavendish student, Albert Bartok-Partay wins gold at prestigious international TSMC Outstanding Research Student Competition.
- 02/08/10 : Athena Swan Silver Award
- 27/07/10 : HEP Group Members Present Results At ICHEP 2010 Conference
- 30/06/10 : Prof Sir Michael Pepper awarded the Institute of Physics Business & Innovation Medal
- 30/06/10 : Prof Dame Athene Donald awarded the Institute of Physics Faraday Medal
- 23/06/10 : Hints of unexpected differences between neutrinos and antineutrinos from MINOS
- 14/06/10 : Queen's Birthday Honours Award to Prof Athene Donald, FRS
- 03/06/10 : New light source illuminates path to ultra powerful computers
- 09/06/10 : The Royal Society Rumford Medal awarded to Professor Gil Lonzarich, FRS
- 27/05/10 : Senior Academic Promotions 2010
- 21/05/10 : Professor Russell Cowburn elected to The Royal Society
- 26/04/10 : Innovation Competition Prize for Cavendish Researchers
- 14/04/10 : Cavendish Professor, Sir Richard Friend, announced as a finalist in the International Millennium Technology Prize
- 12/04/10 : Dr. Gordon Squires (1924 - 2010)
- 19/03/10 : Cavendish researchers report the trapping a single ion inside a Bose-Einstein condensate which could pave the way for quantum computing
- 02/03/10 : Saturday 20th March, Science Week Activities at the Cavendish
- 23/02/10 : Hitachi Cambridge Seminar 5th May 2010
- 15/02/10 : The Cavendish Laboratory is part of an EU/India consortium working on research projects focussed on photovoltaics, to be funded by a £10 million investment by the Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Government of India (GOI).
- 20/01/10 : Professor Athene Donald has won the Science and Technology award issued by women's lifestyle publication, Glamour Magazine
- 12/01/10 : Plastic Logic unveils Que Reader
- 25/11/09 : Award of Honorary Professorship to Cavendish researcher for Services to Kazakh education
- 25/11/09 : First Cavendish Laboratory "Spin Off" Company celebrates 40 years in business
- 17/09/09 : Dara O'Briain visits the Cavendish Laboratory for 25 Years of Physics At Work Gala Evening
- 08/09/09 : Professor David Mackay appointed as Chief Scientific Advisor in the UK Government
- 14/07/09 : Professor David Mackay, FRS awarded the Royal Society 2009 Clifford Paterson Lecture
- 10/07/09 : Young designers picked to fly flag for 25 years of Physics outreach
- 07/07/09 : Thinking outside the box with Senior Physics Challenge
- 03/07/09 : Do cells care about physics? A review article by Dr Jochen Guck
- 03/07/09 : Spinning out plastics - work at the Cavendish Laboratory highlighted in "Physics" on-line Journal
- 02/07/09 : Prof Sir Richard Friend awarded the IOP 2009 Gold Medal for Business and Innovation
- 01/07/09 : Physics Development Summer Schools at the Cavendish Laboratory
- 18/05/09 : Award of Medal to Cavendish researcher for services to Kazakh education
- 15/05/09 : Fellowship of the Royal Society
- 13/05/09 : Personal Promotions
- 11/05/09 : EPSRC announce the award to Cavendish researchers of two EPSRC Programme Grants totalling over £10M.
- 06/05/09 : Festival of light illuminates Cambridge families, article from the IOP East Anglia Branch Newsletter, May 2009.
- 04/05/09 : Amalendu Dev Memorial Award
- 21/04/09 : Cambridge Ideas: How Many Lightbulbs?
- 17/04/09 : Secret to night vision found
- 16/04/09 : Robert E Newnham (1929 - 2009)
- 06/04/09 : Sir Brian Pippard Memorial Concert and Meeting 10th & 11th May 2009
- 18/02/09 : Dr Ian Nicol : 1922 - 2009
- 10/02/09 : Director of Tata Institute visits the Cavendish Laboratory
- 03/02/09 : Joern Geisbuesch awarded the Royal Astronomical Society 2009 Michael Penston Prize
- 27/01/09 : Professor Sir Richard Friend co-shares the 2009 King Faisal International Prize for Science
- 15/01/09 : Researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory have succeeded in trapping single atoms.
- 16/12/08 : Centre to research "Physics of Medicine" opens.
- 05/12/08 : University secures new £6m Doctoral Training Centre.
- 02/12/08 : Solving the UK's energy problems
- 28/11/08 : Unveiling of James Clerk Maxwell statue in Edinburgh
- 17/11/08 : Professor Athene Donald to receive prestigious 2009 L'Oreal UNESCO Women in Science Award.
- 24/09/08 : Professor Sir Brian Pippard (1920 - 2008)
- 19/07/08 : Professor Anthony Lasenby awarded The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2008
- 16/07/08 : One step closer to the Holy Grail of physics
- 04/07/08 : New Cavendish Website Layout
- 29/05/08 : Personal Promotions
- 20/05/08 : Cambridge astronomer identifies the Galaxy's youngest supernova remnant
- 19/05/08 : Professor Mike Payne elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society
- 15/05/08 : First Rhodia Pierre Gilles de Gennes Prize awarded to the Cavendish Professor, Sir Richard Friend
- 14/05/08 : Topping Out Ceremony for the Physics of Medicine Building
- 13/05/08 : Nanophotonics Centre Officially Opened
- 21/04/08 : Dr Jacqui Cole awarded Royal Society of Chemistry SAC Silver Medal 2009
- 17/03/08 : New Cavendish Development Web Site.
- 11/03/08 : Science Week Activities at the Cavendish Laboratory
- 10/03/08 : Cavendish Research Paper selected as one of "100 Top Science Stories of 2007".
- 13/02/08 : Dr Jochen Guck and collaborators awarded 2008 PNAS Cozzarelli Prize.