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Winton Symposium on green computing
On 28 September, the fourth annual Winton Symposium will be held at the Cavendish Laboratory on the theme of ‘Green Computing’.
18 September 2015
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Scientists “squeeze” light one particle at a time
A team of scientists have measured a bizarre effect in quantum physics, in which individual particles of light are said to have been “squeezed” – an achievement which at least one textbook had written off as hopeless.
1 September 2015
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Year 10s test drive maths at Cambridge
A group of intrepid fifteen-year-olds recently visited the University’s Centre for Mathematical Sciences as part of a high-octane HE getaway.
6 August 2015
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Astronomers witness assembly of galaxies in the early Universe for the first time
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge have detected the most distant clouds of star-forming gas yet found in normal galaxies in the early Universe – less than one billion years after the Big Bang. The new observations will allow astronomers to start to see how the first galaxies were built up and how they cleared the cosmic fog during the era of reionisation. This is the first time that such galaxies have been seen as more than just faint blobs.
22 July 2015
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Cambridge scientists receive Royal Society awards
Four Cambridge scientists have been recognised by the Royal Society for their achievements in research.
20 July 2015
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To conduct, or to insulate? That is the question
Researchers have identified a material that behaves as a conductor and an insulator at the same time, challenging current understanding of how materials behave, and pointing to a new type of insulating state.
2 July 2015
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Cause of galactic death: strangulation
Astronomers have partially solved an epic whodunit: what kills galaxies so that they can no longer produce new stars?
13 May 2015
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Astronomers find first evidence of changing conditions on a super Earth
Astronomers have detected wildly changing temperatures on a super Earth – the first time any atmospheric variability has been observed on a rocky planet outside the solar system – and believe it could be due to huge amounts of volcanic activity, further adding to the mystery of what had been nicknamed the ‘diamond planet’.
5 May 2015