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Celebrating Helen Marshall and Richard King
After decades of dedicated service to the Cavendish Laboratory, Helen Marshall, Senior Teaching Office Administrator, and Richard King, Undergraduate Laboratory Manager, retired from their roles last month. Helen has supported...
20 July 2026
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New research reveals what really controls water chemistry in nanoscale spaces
Researchers have resolved a long-standing debate about how water behaves when confined to spaces just a few molecules wide, showing that the chemistry of nanoconfined water is governed less by...
24 June 2026
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Professor Peter Littlewood (1955 – 2026)
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Peter Littlewood, an internationally renowned condensed matter physicist and former Head of the Cavendish Laboratory, who passed away...
19 June 2026
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Cancelling laser noise in atomic quantum sensors
Results from a UK collaboration overcome major obstacle towards building large-scale atom interferometers. A prototype quantum sensor developed by the Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network (AION) consortium has demonstrated, for the first time, that a...
19 June 2026
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Astronomers spot black hole that formed before its galaxy
The first direct mass measurement from the early universe weighs in on the debate over the origins of supermassive black holes.
28 May 2026
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‘Origami’ method could speed up diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease
Researchers have developed a technique that can identify errors caused by mutations linked to a range of genetic disorders, including forms of muscular dystrophy, Huntington’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which could accelerate accurate diagnosis of these conditions.
21 May 2026
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New insights into sodium-ion cathode material could help improve battery lifetime for large-scale energy storage
Researchers have uncovered new details about how a promising sodium-ion battery material changes while charging, offering a potential route to longer-lasting batteries for storing renewable energy. “Whilst there isn’t any...
20 May 2026
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Resonances create energy gaps in quasicrystals: a long-sought analytical breakthrough
New analytical work by Cavendish Laboratory researchers shows how true energy gaps can arise in quasicrystals, answering a longstanding open question about these extraordinary materials. Quasicrystals sit between ordinary crystals and fully disordered materials: their atoms...
1 May 2026
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Cavendish Laboratory and British Management University forge landmark academic partnership
The Cavendish Laboratory and British Management University in Tashkent (BMU) signed an agreement creating the BMU-Cavendish Development Initiative on 17 April 2026. This launches a pioneering initiative to establish a...
23 April 2026