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Dr Sarah Bohndiek has been awarded the European Commission's 2014 Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) "Nurturing Research Talent" prize. The prize was awarded to Sarah during the " Empowerment of the Next Generation of Researchers " conference of the Italian EU Presidency (Trento, Italy, 18-19 November). The honour was...

Work begins on £26 million building named after physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Work has begun on a centrepiece building created to pioneer revolutionary “blue skies” research and industrial partnership in the physical sciences. The start of construction on the £26 million Maxwell Centre marks a crucial early stage of a...

The Cavendish Laboratory's Annual Prizewinner's Dinner was held at Peterhouse on Friday 24th October 2014, at which Prof Andy Parker, Head of Department presented the following current students and recent graduates with their prize certificates:- Miss Suna Zekioglu (Emmanuel), the NST Physics IA Prize Miss Tamara Sumarac (...

Prof Jim Scott of the Cavendish Quantum Matter group has been selected by Thomson Reuters as a Citation Laureate. The scientists selected are, in the view of Thomson Reuters, "researchers whose landmark discoveries and advances, not to mention their measurable esteem in the scientific community, place them within reach of...