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European funding success for Cavendish researchers

Two researchers from the Cavendish Laboratory have won European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants Eloy De Lera Acedo and Akshay Rao are two of the eight Cambridge awardees to receive...

1 February 2023

Professor Andy Parker elected next Master of Peterhouse

Head of the Cavendish Laboratory Professor Andy Parker MA, DPhil(Oxon), FInstP, CPhys, has been elected as the next Master of Peterhouse from July 2023. Professor Andy Parker is a Professor...

31 January 2023

Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council Consolidator Grants

Eight researchers from the University of Cambridge have won European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants

31 January 2023

More clues to understand our early Universe

An array of 350 radio telescopes in the Karoo desert of South Africa is getting closer to detecting “the Epoch of Re-ionization” — the era just after the first stars...

30 January 2023

Researchers find ways to improve the storage time of quantum information in a spin rich material

An international team of scientists have demonstrated a leap in preserving the quantum coherence of quantum dot spin qubits as part of the global push for practical quantum networks and...

26 January 2023

Gone fishing: highly accurate test for common respiratory viruses uses DNA as ‘bait’

A new test that ‘fishes’ for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as ‘bait’, and gives highly accurate results in under an hour, has been developed by Cambridge researchers.

16 January 2023

Professor Roberto Maiolino awarded his second ERC Advanced Grant

Professor Roberto Maiolino has been awarded the prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This is the second consecutive ERC Advanced Grant that Professor Maiolino has received. The...

29 December 2022

Dr. Bartomeu Monserrat awarded Royal Spanish Society of Physics prize

Royal Spanish Society of Physics and BBVA Foundation presented their annual awards for theoretical physics to Dr. Bartomeu Monserrat. Research in theoretical physics is fundamental and the materials we are...

16 December 2022