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Dr. Diana Fusco awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant

The European Research Council starting grant will support Dr. Fusco’s research group to develop mathematical methods and experimental validations to predict phage-bacteria co-evolution, a key step to be able to...

22 November 2022

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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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Professor Jacqui Cole receives her Clifford Paterson Medal

Prof. Jacqui Cole officially received her award after presenting the prize lecture at the Royal Society. Her interdisciplinary research aims to provide a data-driven approach to materials discovery. Professor Jacqueline...

12 November 2022

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A new finding to develop more energy efficient OLEDs

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are currently used in high end displays, where they offer more vibrant colours, deeper blacks, and superior energy efficiency compared to older technologies, such as liquid...

11 November 2022

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Dr. David Sun (1966 – 2022)

Members of the Department will be saddened to learn of the death of David Sun (Astrophysics) after a short period of ill-health. David joined the Astrophysics Group in 2005 having...

2 November 2022

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Annual Prizewinner’s Dinner 2022

The Cavendish Laboratory’s Annual Prizewinner’s Dinner was held at Peterhouse on Thursday 20th October 2022, at which Prof Andy Parker, Head of Department presented the following current students and recent graduates with...

20 October 2022

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Watching lithium in real time could improve performance of EV battery materials

Researchers have found that the irregular movement of lithium ions in next-generation battery materials could be reducing their capacity and hindering their performance.

14 October 2022

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Congratulations to Dr Mohand Saed on being awarded the Royal Society University Research Fellowship 2022

Dr. Mohand Saed has been awarded the Royal Society University Research Fellowship 2022 for his research in soft robotics, additive manufacturing, smart adhesives, and energy dissipative materials based on novel...

4 October 2022