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New research uncovers hidden DNA structures during nanopore sensing: Plectonemes take centre stage

A new study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with international institutions, has uncovered a key mechanism in how DNA behaves as it passes through nanoscale...

13 August 2025

Cavendish Researchers achieve ultra-high modulation depths in terahertz modulators

Researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge have demonstrated a new way to control radiation in the terahertz range, an often-overlooked part of the electromagnetic spectrum, with unprecedented dynamic...

4 August 2025

From guitars to galaxies: Dr Nigel Allsopp reflects on his Cavendish years

In this blog, Cavendish alumnus Dr Nigel Allsopp reflects on his time as a PhD student in the Radio Astronomy Group at the Laboratory between 1975 and 1978. In his...

4 August 2025

Carbon-based molecules open new pathways for quantum sensing

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Université Paris-Saclay have found a new kind of a molecular material, built bottom-up with carbon atoms, that can link electron spin and light...

29 July 2025

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

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

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

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