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Archie Howie
You’ve got work at 9am, and you’re making your way towards your department. You pass along Portugal Place and you look down through a grill into the basement of a...
17 December 2024
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New Quantum Hub to support national security and critical infrastructure
A new quantum technology hub launched to ensure the UK benefits from resilient position, navigation and timing (PNT) advancements. This initiative will play a pivotal role in supporting national security...
6 December 2024
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AI methods to revolutionise fertility treatments
Meet Cavendish physicist Mo Vali who is using innovative AI methods to revolutionise fertility treatments along with a fertility doctor and an infant neuroscience researcher. Mo Vali is a PhD...
14 November 2024
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Mark Thomson selected as next Director-General of CERN
British physicist Mark Thomson, Professor of Experimental Particle Physics at the Cavendish, will be the next Director-General of CERN, the world’s leading particle physics facility. His five-year mandate will begin...
7 November 2024
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The loss of key scientists during the World Wars
As part of our 150th anniversary, we remember physicists who worked with the Cavendish Laboratory and lost their lives during the war. One of these tragic events was the death...
7 November 2024
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Sustainable responsive materials to transform industry, buildings and medicine
How would the future look if buildings were to dynamically adapt to environmental conditions? If threads could show users how tightly they are stretched for optimal suturing after a surgery?...
6 November 2024
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Annual Prizewinners’ Dinner 2024
The Cavendish Laboratory’s Annual Prizewinner’s Dinner took place on 25 October 2024. Undergraduate Prize Winners, alongside Cavendish academics, celebrated their achievements and enjoyed a formal dinner at the Cloister Court...
27 October 2024
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Emeritus Professor Haroon Ahmed (1936-2024)
Members of the department will be greatly saddened to learn of the peaceful passing of Emeritus Professor Haroon Ahmed on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at the age of 88, surrounded...
25 October 2024