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Nanodiamonds

Diamond ‘flaws’ pave way for nanoscale MRI

25 Nov 2013

Breakthrough offers high-sensitivity nanoscale sensors, and could lead to magnetic imaging of neuron activity and thermometry on a single living cell...

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Left: Laser apparatus used to study singlet fission in Cambridge. Right: Celestia sun

Two for one in solar power

18 Nov 2013

A process that could revolutionise solar energy harvesting has been efficiently demonstrated in solution for the first time.

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Lunch atop a Lego crane

How do you solve an Engineering interview?: i-want-to-study-engineering.org launched today

23 Oct 2013

Goats, game show hosts, eyeballs and pirates are going to help the next generation of engineers win places at leading universities, thanks to a new...

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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for theory behind Higgs boson

08 Oct 2013

Today’s announcement celebrates the men who triggered the hunt for the Higgs particle, finally discovered last year with help from the ATLAS project...

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Winton Symposium‘s material world

05 Sep 2013

On 30 September, the Department of Physics will host the second annual Winton Symposium at the Cavendish Laboratory on ‘Materials Discovery’.

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The laser set-up in the lab that led to the research results

Electron ‘spin’ key to solar cell breakthrough

07 Aug 2013

Latest research paves way for inexpensive, high performance cells

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Learning to think like physicists - the Senior Physics Challenge 2013

17 Jul 2013

“Niels Bohr once said that those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it,” Professor Mark...

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Cambridge and Brazil discuss possibilities for further scientific collaboration

19 Jun 2013

A delegation comprising some of Brazil’s most senior researchers and science administrators was in Cambridge on June 7 to take part in a half-day...

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Large Hadron ‘insider’

14 Jun 2013

In a recent talk for TEDx, theoretical physicist Professor Ben Allanach explored the research he undertook during the two years he spent working on...

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Image shows fluorescence of solution (left) and membrane (right) made of a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) under irradiation of ultraviolet (UV) light. The ultraviolet irradiation induces oxidation and surface densification of the polymeric m

Molecular ‘sieves’ harness ultraviolet irradiation for greener power generation

12 Jun 2013

Latest research uses membrane technology for ‘energy efficient’ gas separation - a crucial part of many major industrial processes and important...

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Architect’s impression of the new Maxwell Centre for physical science research, due to open in summer 2015.

New Centre will bring together frontier physics research and the needs of industry

06 Jun 2013

A centrepiece building for exploratory ‘blue skies’ research and industrial partnerships in the physical sciences will be created at the University...

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Electron pumps made from graphene work ten times faster than similar pumps made from conventional three-dimensional materials and can be used to generate larger currents

Graphene joins the race to redefine the ampere

13 May 2013

A new joint innovation by the University of Cambridge and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK’s National Measurement Institute, could pave...

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