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CosmoCube: Probing the cosmic Dark Ages from the far side of the Moon
Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the ‘Cosmic Dawn’ by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an “ancient whisper” on the far side of the Moon. The proposed...
15 July 2025
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Quasiperiodic materials enable robust quantum transport without energy gaps
A new study has overturned conventional wisdom in the world of quantum mechanics, showing that quantum particles can be shuttled across a system in a perfectly precise way, even in...
11 July 2025
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Cavendish researchers awarded funding to advance quantum science combined with chemistry
A team of researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory, has been awarded a £500,000 Research and Innovation’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant to show evidence of quantum entanglement...
4 July 2025
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Next Cavendish Professor of Physics Announced
The Cavendish Laboratory is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nicola Marzari as the next Cavendish Professor of Physics. This historic chair, established in 1871, has played a central...
2 July 2025
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Taking a Lead with LEED – a Tale of two Research Groups
In this blog, Prof. Lionel Clarke OBE, a Cavendish alumnus and Former co-Chair, UK Engineering Biology Leadership Council, shares his Cavendish experience. He was at the Cavendish between 1974 and...
30 June 2025
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UK Ambassador to the US visits Cambridge to discuss opportunities for deepening UK-US tech collaboration
This week, UK Ambassador to the United States of America Lord Mandelson visited the University of Cambridge to explore its world-leading strengths in innovation and its deepening academic and industrial partnerships with the USA.
27 June 2025
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Sir Francis Graham-Smith (1923 – 2025)
It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent death of Sir Francis Graham-Smith at the age of 102. Graham, as we always knew him, was the last...
24 June 2025
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Cosmic signal from the very early universe will help astronomers detect the first stars
Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s development, known as the Cosmic Dawn. However, even with the most powerful telescopes, we can’t directly observe these earliest stars, so determining their properties is one of the biggest challenges in astronomy.
20 June 2025
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Cavendish Photography Competition 2025
In 2025, the Cavendish Laboratory has moved in its new home, the Ray Dolby Centre. As we look to the future, we invite you to imagine what the next 150...
19 June 2025