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Cambridge Smart Plastics: Moving the world towards a greener future
Can plastic materials be smart and intelligent? This is one of the questions that Prof. Eugene Terentjev’s research group is investigating at the Cavendish Laboratory. Their research on polymer science...
24 May 2023
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DNA line-actants may help unlock applications of synthetic cells to therapeutics and diagnostics
Scientists have now been able to demonstrate that we can exert control on lipid membranes and their phase behaviour using rationally designed “DNA line-actants”, which will help improve our understanding...
19 May 2023
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How to build new types of low-cost biosensor that access the biomolecules in blood, sweat, and tears (and urine)
That’s the new challenge of an £8.6M EPSRC programme grant on Ubiquitous Optical Healthcare Technologies (UbOHT) that will fund three Cambridge researchers, along with teams at York, Strathclyde and Exeter....
5 May 2023
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New findings pave the way for stable organic solar cells that may enable cheap and renewable electricity generation
Organic solar cells show great promise for clean energy applications. However, photovoltaic modules made from organic semiconductors do not maintain their efficiency for long enough under sunlight for real world...
19 April 2023
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New findings open opportunities beyond conventional LED technologies for Infrared Perovskite LEDs
Cavendish researchers have demonstrated infrared perovskite LEDs with exceptional performance at high brightness, paving the way towards commercialization and introducing new opportunities beyond conventional LED technologies, such as perovskite electrically...
4 April 2023
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Discovery of a new topological phase could lead to exciting developments in nanotechnology
Cambridge researchers have discovered a new topological phase in a two-dimensional system, which could be used as a new platform for exploring topological physics in nanoscale devices. Two-dimensional materials such...
29 March 2023
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Photosynthesis ‘hack’ could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy
Researchers have ‘hacked’ the earliest stages of photosynthesis, the natural machine that powers the vast majority of life on Earth, and discovered new ways to extract energy from the process, a finding that could lead to new ways of generating clean fuel and renewable energy.
22 March 2023
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A lifetime in Physics
In February we celebrated Catherine Clifton’s 40th year of service at the Cavendish Laboratory. Over the years, day in day out and coming rain or shine, she’s welcomed thousands of...
15 March 2023