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Annual Prizewinners’ Dinner 2025
The Cavendish Laboratory’s Annual Prizewinner’s Dinner took place on 24 October 2025. Undergraduate Prize Winners, alongside Cavendish academics, celebrated their achievements and enjoyed a formal dinner at the Cavendish Café...
27 October 2025
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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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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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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
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Why tiny droplets stick or bounce: The physics of speed and size
Recent research at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the University of Bath, has shown that whether a droplet of liquid sticks or bounces depends on its...
5 September 2025
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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
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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