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Delivering and focusing radiation using cylindrical tubes
How can you deliver radiation in free space from one point to a distant focused spot? Recently, Cavendish researchers from the Semiconductor Physics group have reported a new method of...
13 June 2023
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Cambridge Smart Plastics: Moving the world towards a greener future
Can plastic materials be smart and intelligent? This is one of the questions that Prof. Eugene Terentjev’s research group is investigating at the Cavendish Laboratory. Their research on polymer science...
24 May 2023
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A lifetime in Physics
In February we celebrated Catherine Clifton’s 40th year of service at the Cavendish Laboratory. Over the years, day in day out and coming rain or shine, she’s welcomed thousands of...
15 March 2023
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Interview series by Tara Murphy: Dr. Chiara Ciccarelli
This blog is part of an interview series by Tara Murphy. Tara Murphy I’m Tara, a NanoDTC student here at the Cavendish Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. Since arriving...
8 March 2023
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Amy Ogle, “best man” in the Natural Sciences Tripos
Isobel Falconer describes the remarkable story of Amy Ogle, a truly pioneering women student who died tragically young. ‘My best man is Ogle,’ declared an examiner for Cambridge’s Natural Sciences...
17 November 2022
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Enabling ‘impact protection’ for successful space landings and beyond
Unsuccessful landings are the main obstacle to the success of most space missions; this comes at a great economic cost (e.g., NASA’s Genesis rough landing). Furthermore, the quantity of space...
30 September 2022
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Physics at Work 2022 roundup
The 38th edition of Physics at Work was held at the Cavendish from 20th-22nd September this year. It was brilliant to finally be able to welcome back students and teachers...
28 September 2022
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Meet our Physics NanoFutures Scholars for 2022
The NanoFutures Scholars undergraduate research programme encourages talented students from diverse backgrounds to get a high quality research experience during an 8-week summer research internship at the EPSRC CDT in...
11 August 2022
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CiW – Inspiring future women role models
Cavendish Inspiring Women (CiW) mission is to raise visibility of many leading women academics, entrepreneurs, business women and women in industry who come from physics backgrounds. These women play an important...
3 August 2022