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Reminiscences from a New-Zealander theoretical physicist
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Theory of Condensed Matter (TCM) group at the Cavendish Laboratory. In this blog, Emeritus Professor Volker Heine FRS reflects on the evolution...
23 July 2025
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How will AI change the way we conduct scientific research?
How might AI change the way we advance human knowledge? Could it change how universities like Cambridge carry out one of their core functions: research? Could AI be a technological transformation unlike anything we’ve seen before?
21 July 2025
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CosmoCube: Probing the cosmic Dark Ages from the far side of the Moon
Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the ‘Cosmic Dawn’ by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an “ancient whisper” on the far side of the Moon. The proposed...
15 July 2025
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Quasiperiodic materials enable robust quantum transport without energy gaps
A new study has overturned conventional wisdom in the world of quantum mechanics, showing that quantum particles can be shuttled across a system in a perfectly precise way, even in...
11 July 2025
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Cavendish researchers awarded funding to advance quantum science combined with chemistry
A team of researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory, has been awarded a £500,000 Research and Innovation’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant to show evidence of quantum entanglement...
4 July 2025
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Next Cavendish Professor of Physics Announced
The Cavendish Laboratory is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nicola Marzari as the next Cavendish Professor of Physics. This historic chair, established in 1871, has played a central...
2 July 2025
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Taking a Lead with LEED – a Tale of two Research Groups
In this blog, Prof. Lionel Clarke OBE, a Cavendish alumnus and Former co-Chair, UK Engineering Biology Leadership Council, shares his Cavendish experience. He was at the Cavendish between 1974 and...
30 June 2025
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UK Ambassador to the US visits Cambridge to discuss opportunities for deepening UK-US tech collaboration
This week, UK Ambassador to the United States of America Lord Mandelson visited the University of Cambridge to explore its world-leading strengths in innovation and its deepening academic and industrial partnerships with the USA.
27 June 2025