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Researchers find ways to improve the storage time of quantum information in a spin rich material

An international team of scientists have demonstrated a leap in preserving the quantum coherence of quantum dot spin qubits as part of the global push for practical quantum networks and...

26 January 2023

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Gone fishing: highly accurate test for common respiratory viruses uses DNA as ‘bait’

A new test that ‘fishes’ for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as ‘bait’, and gives highly accurate results in under an hour, has been developed by Cambridge researchers.

16 January 2023

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Professor Roberto Maiolino awarded his second ERC Advanced Grant

Professor Roberto Maiolino has been awarded the prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This is the second consecutive ERC Advanced Grant that Professor Maiolino has received. The...

29 December 2022

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Dr. Bartomeu Monserrat awarded Royal Spanish Society of Physics prize

Royal Spanish Society of Physics and BBVA Foundation presented their annual awards for theoretical physics to Dr. Bartomeu Monserrat. Research in theoretical physics is fundamental and the materials we are...

16 December 2022

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Dynamical fractal discovered in clean magnetic crystal

The properties and behaviour of physical systems are strongly dependent on their dimensionality. Life in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional world would be very different from the three dimensions that we...

15 December 2022

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Webb telescope reaches new milestone in its search for distant galaxies

New findings confirm that JWST has surpassed the Hubble telescope in its ability to observe the early Universe

9 December 2022

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2023 Cavendish PhD prize winners announced

Congratulations to the winners of the Cavendish Annual Thesis Prize. The prizes are awarded in recognition of exceptional computational, experimental and theoretical physics research by PhD students. 2023 has been...

2 December 2022

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The Dolby family extend their support to create a new fund for excellence in physics

The family of the late Ray Dolby has made a further transformational commitment to the University of Cambridge, ensuring the brightest minds in physics will have the resources they need...

28 November 2022