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Scientists given the green light, to control microscopic electricity

Researchers based at the University of Cambridge have discovered a new phenomenon where light can be used to control electricity in disordered semiconductor materials on the nanoscale. While a lot...

20 June 2023

Delivering and focusing radiation using cylindrical tubes

How can you deliver radiation in free space from one point to a distant focused spot? Recently, Cavendish researchers from the Semiconductor Physics group have reported a new method of...

13 June 2023

Space telescope Cheops unveils four mysterious warm exoplanets

ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops confirmed the existence of four warm exoplanets orbiting four stars in our Milky Way. These exoplanets have sizes between Earth and Neptune and orbit their stars...

8 June 2023

Early universe crackled with bursts of star formation, Webb Telescope shows

Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a partnership between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, is already providing new insights into this question.

6 June 2023

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

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

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

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