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‘Messy’ galaxies in the early universe struggled to settle
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have captured the most detailed look yet at how galaxies formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang – and found they were far more chaotic and messy than those we see today.
22 October 2025
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Winners announced for the Cavendish Photography Competition 2025
The 2025 Photography Competition showcased some impressive images celebrating our theme, ‘The Next 150 Years of Physics at the Cavendish’, reflecting innovation, collaboration, and the pioneering spirit that continues to...
21 October 2025
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Institute of Physics award for international quantum initiative QuanTour
QuanTour, an initiative featuring a travelling quantum light source hosted by Cambridge and 11 other institutions across Europe, has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics Lise Meitner Medal and...
13 October 2025
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Cambridge alumnus awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
University of Cambridge alumnus Professor John Clarke has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis, for their work revealing quantum physics in action.
7 October 2025
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Jochen Guck (1973 – 2025)
We are deeply saddened to receive the news that Professor Jochen Guck, a former Reader in Biophysics at the Cavendish, has passed away suddenly. Jochen received his PhD in Physics...
6 October 2025
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New organic molecule set to transform solar energy harvesting
In a discovery that bridges a century of physics, scientists have observed a phenomenon, once thought to be the domain of inorganic metal oxides, thriving within a glowing organic semiconductor...
1 October 2025
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Ultracold atoms reveal universal rules far from equilibrium
Recent research has revealed that a two-dimensional homogeneous Bose gas, once driven far from equilibrium, displays universal behaviour independent of its starting conditions. This discovery offers new insights into how...
30 September 2025
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Tunable metamaterial opens new window for molecule sensing at trace levels
Cavendish researchers have shown that tiny clusters of metal nanoparticles can be tuned to interact with light in unusual ways, offering a new route to detecting very small concentrations of...
23 September 2025