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Cambridge joins UK Quantum SuperConnector to accelerate commercial success of quantum research
The UK-wide programme will equip quantum innovators with the entrepreneurial skills, networks and support needed to turn world-leading quantum...
6 November 2026
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Physicists knock at the door of the zeptoverse
After a search lasting more than four decades, a Cambridge-led team of physicists have found evidence for the rarest decay of a subatomic ‘beauty’...
3 November 2026
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Physicists knock at the door of the zeptoverse
After a search lasting more than four decades, a Cambridge-led team of physicists have found evidence for the rarest decay of a subatomic ‘beauty’...
3 November 2026
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An absence of women scientists featured in UK exam board specifications for science could be a factor in the disproportionate number of girls dropping...
22 October 2026
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A quantum ‘phase-space’ microscope could see both where atoms are and how they move
Physicists have proposed a way for quantum gas microscopes, which photograph individual atoms in ultracold atomic gases, to capture how each atom is moving as well as where it is....
21 October 2026
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First funded research projects announced as IonQ Quantum Innovation Centre opens in Cambridge
The opening of the IonQ Quantum Innovation Centre marks the next phase of the University of Cambridge’s corporate research partnership with IonQ, and strengthens Cambridge and the UK’s position at...
15 October 2026
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Winners announced for the Cavendish Photography Competition 2026
The 2026 Cavendish Photography Competition showcased a captivating collection of images celebrating this year’s theme, ‘Big and Small: exploring the breadth of Physics at the Cavendish’. We received an overwhelming...
15 October 2026
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Vibrating material organises itself into a single beat
A team of physicists from several universities in the UK and the Netherlands have developed a material that can grow and coordinate its own movement until the entire structure pulses...
14 October 2026
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Three Cavendish researchers honoured in 2026 Institute of Physics awards
Three Cavendish Laboratory researchers have been awarded prestigious 2026 Institute of Physics medals and prizes. Professor Sarah Bohndiek, Professor Russell Cowburn and Professor Akshay Rao have been recognised in this...
12 October 2026