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Dr Diana Fusco wins prestigious Human Frontiers Science Program grant
The award worth $1.2 million will support research into biofilms and their resilience to complex environment. As an Early Career investigator, it can be difficult to start cutting-edge, risky projects...
24 March 2022
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Dr Abe Yoffe (1919 – 2022)
We are saddened to learn of the death on 22 March of Dr Abe Yoffe, Emeritus Reader in Physics and Emeritus Fellow of Darwin College, at the age of 102....
23 March 2022
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Supermassive black holes put a brake on stellar births
Black holes with masses equivalent to millions of suns do put a brake on the birth of new stars, say astronomers. Using machine learning and three state-of-the-art simulations to back up results from a large sky survey, researchers from the University of Cambridge have resolved a 20-year long debate on the formation of stars.
21 March 2022
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New ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Cavendish researcher to develop microscopy technique for quantum simulators
Cavendish Laboratory researcher, Professor Ulrich Schneider, is one of the winners of the European Research Council’s (ERC) latest round of Consolidator Grants, backed with some €632 million to tackle big...
17 March 2022
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Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding
Five University of Cambridge researchers have been awarded Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council, the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research.
17 March 2022
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New £2.67 million investment to keep Cambridge at the forefront of particle physics research
The Cavendish’s High Energy Physics group in the University of Cambridge is to receive £2.67 million funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The group is one of...
9 March 2022
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Drug-screening spin-out secures new funding
A University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory, combines materials engineering and cell biology to help biopharma companies make better medicines, faster. It announced today that it has closed a £2.14 million seed funding round.
23 February 2022
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Two-dimensional material could store quantum information at room temperature
Researchers have identified a two-dimensional material that could be used to store quantum information at room temperature.
11 February 2022