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The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, has recognised the work of Dr Andrea Ferrari at the Department of Engineering with one of the...

The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the fascinating story behind the development of a new type of electronic...

A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles...

Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are Cambridge academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises...

A new way of making LEDs could see household lighting bills reduced by up to 75% in five years time, thanks to research at Cambridge University.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified a key component to unravelling the mystery of room temperature super-conductivity, according...

The University of Cambridge is to form one third of a new £6 million research collaboration looking at quantum physics.