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New 2D quantum sensor breakthrough offers new opportunities for magnetic field detection

Researchers demonstrate 2D material as a versatile platform for next-generation nanoscale vectorial magnetometry. A team of physicists at the University of Cambridge has unveiled a breakthrough in quantum sensing by...

28 May 2025

Growth Minister opens Cambridge’s Ray Dolby Centre

Lord Spencer Livermore, Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Minister for Growth, visited Cambridge to officially open the Ray Dolby Centre – a state-of-the-art facility that will redefine the future of physics research and innovation in the UK.

12 May 2025

Ray Dolby Centre gives scientists space to think outside the box

A closer look at how the new home of the Cavendish Laboratory will inspire future scientific breakthroughs at Cambridge.

9 May 2025

New era of UK physics research begins with opening of Cambridge’s Ray Dolby Centre

The Ray Dolby Centre, the state-of-the-art new home of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory and a major asset for the University, the city and the country, was officially opened on 9 May, at a ceremony in Cambridge.

9 May 2025

Cambridge Physics Team Wins International PLANCKS 2025 Final

A team of undergraduate students from the Cavendish Laboratory, the Diet Coke Annihilators—representing the UK & Ireland— has secured first place at the 2025 international final of the PLANCKS competition,...

8 May 2025

A legacy unveiled

In this #AnniversaryStory, Karen Harper narrates her journey as she uncovers the legacy of her grandparents, Wallace and Gladys Harper, who were both physicists at the Cavendish Laboratory in the...

1 April 2025

From family archive to stage: The remarkable journey of ‘Not for a cat’ play at the Cambridge Festival

A recently rediscovered play, Not for a Cat: A Play for the Nuclear Age, will be premiering at the Cambridge Festival. The play was originally written in the 1950s by Wallace R. Harper, a student at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in the 1920.

31 March 2025

Webb Telescope sees galaxy in mysteriously clearing fog of early Universe

Astronomers have identified a bright hydrogen emission from a galaxy in the very early Universe. The surprise finding is challenging researchers to explain how this light could have pierced the thick fog of neutral hydrogen that filled space at that time.

26 March 2025