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Hybrid materials could smash the solar efficiency ceiling
A new method for transferring energy from organic to inorganic semiconductors could boost the efficiency of widely used inorganic solar cells.
9 October 2014
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Website helps maths and physics school students work it out
New online resource will help schools and pupils build specialist maths and physics skills.
30 September 2014
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Winton Symposium tackles the challenges of a growing population
On September 29th, the Department of Physics will host the third annual Winton Symposium at the Cavendish Laboratory on the theme of ‘Global Challenges for Science and Technology’.
15 September 2014
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LEDs made from ‘wonder material’ perovskite
Colourful LEDs made from a material known as perovskite could lead to LED displays which are both cheaper and easier to manufacture in future.
5 August 2014
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Building ‘invisible’ materials with light
A new technique which uses light like a needle to thread long chains of particles could help bring sci-fi concepts such as cloaking devices one step closer to reality.
28 July 2014
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Institute of Physics announces 2014 award winners
Physics awards honour work of Cambridge academics
2 July 2014
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Black hole trio holds promise for gravity wave hunt
The discovery of three closely orbiting supermassive black holes in a galaxy more than four billion light years away could help astronomers in the search for gravitational waves: the ‘ripples in spacetime’ predicted by Einstein.
25 June 2014
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Trapping the light fantastic
The development of a ‘nanobarrel’ that traps and concentrates light onto single molecules could be used as a low-cost and reliable diagnostic test.
16 June 2014