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Read more at: Government Backs Cavendish III Project

Government Backs Cavendish III Project

25 November 2015

The Government has announced a £75 million investment in the University of Cambridge Cavendish laboratories. This will be matched with a further £75 million from the University to transform the Cavendish, helping maintain Britain’s position at the forefront of physical sciences research. The Vice-Chancellor, Sir Leszek...


Read more at: Quantum Computer development bolstered by Fellowship
Quantum Computer development bolstered by Fellowship

Quantum Computer development bolstered by Fellowship

19 November 2015

Hitachi-Cambridge team develops a new silicon qubit


Read more at: Cavendish Laboratory and Dept of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology announce a new initiative in Molecular Engineering
 Cavendish Laboratory and Dept of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology announce a new initiative in Molecular Engineering

Cavendish Laboratory and Dept of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology announce a new initiative in Molecular Engineering

27 October 2015

A new interdisciplinary initiative in Molecular Engineering has been launched to address key scientific problems in energy and environmental sustainability. Molecular Engineering is an emerging field which connects molecular science to nanotechnology via an underpinning of product design and engineering concepts. It...


Read more at: Isaac Physics project makes THE 2015 awards shortlist

Isaac Physics project makes THE 2015 awards shortlist

18 September 2015

The Isaac Physics Project has has been shortlisted for The Times Higher Education Awards 2015 Outstanding Digital Innovation in Teaching or Research award. More information on this can be found on the University of Cambridge website here .


Read more at: Cavendish researchers discover ‘paradoxical' crystal with dual metal-insulator properties.
Cavendish researchers discover ‘paradoxical' crystal with dual metal-insulator properties.

Cavendish researchers discover ‘paradoxical' crystal with dual metal-insulator properties.

22 July 2015

The research led by Suchitra Sebastian on the Kondo Insulator SmB 6 was reported in the July 2 nd early edition of Science , and has been covered in Physics Today and Wired.com among other media outlets.


Read more at: Royal Society awards for two Cavendish Scientists

Royal Society awards for two Cavendish Scientists

21 July 2015

Two members of the Cavendish Laboratory have been recognised by the Royal Society for their achievements in research. Professor Benjamin Simons (Theory of Condensed Matter Group and CRUK Gurdon Institute) receives the Gabor Medal for his work analysing stem cell lineages in development, tissue homeostasis and cancer...


Read more at: IOP's 2015 Faraday Medal awarded to Prof Henning Sirringhaus
IOP's 2015 Faraday Medal awarded to Prof Henning Sirringhaus

IOP's 2015 Faraday Medal awarded to Prof Henning Sirringhaus

1 July 2015

We are delighted to report the award of the 2015 Faraday Medal of the Institute of Physics to Professor Henning Sirringhaus FRS.


Read more at: Professor Gilbert Lonzarich to be awarded the 2015 Kamerlingh Onnes prize
Professor Gilbert Lonzarich to be awarded the 2015 Kamerlingh Onnes prize

Professor Gilbert Lonzarich to be awarded the 2015 Kamerlingh Onnes prize

23 June 2015

Professor Gilbert Lonzarich of the Physics department has been selected for the 2015 Kamerlingh Onnes prize, in recognition of his 'visionary experiments concerning the emergence of superconductivity for strongly renormalized quasiparticles at the edge of magnetic order'. The work of Lonzarich - his scientific discoveries...


Read more at: John Biggins explains the phenomenon of the 'Chain fountain' on BBC's The One Show

John Biggins explains the phenomenon of the 'Chain fountain' on BBC's The One Show

11 June 2015

John Biggins (Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Cavendish Laboratory) explains the phenomenon of the 'chain fountain' on BBC's The One Show


Read more at: Senior Academic Promotions 2015

Senior Academic Promotions 2015

11 June 2015

Personal Promotions The outcome of the 2015 Senior Academic Promotions round has now been published in the Reporter and I am very happy to offer my congratulations, on behalf of the Department, to our new Professors, Mete Atature and John Richer, as well as our newly promoted Reader Claudio Castelnovo. Mete Atature AMOP...


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