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The Alps

Avalanches and life as we know it up for discussion at summer exhibition

03 Jul 2012

The dynamics of an avalanche and the origins of the Universe will be the subjects of two presentations to the public by Cambridge researchers as part...

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Dual Wave/Particle Nature of Light

Seeing Quantum Mechanics with the naked eye

08 Jan 2012

New research lays groundwork for new generation of ultrasensitive gyroscopes to measure gravity, magnetic field, and create quantum circuits.

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Stephen Hawking

Professor Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday symposium will focus on ‘The State of the Universe’

06 Jan 2012

Professor Stephen Hawking will look back on his life at an event to celebrate his 70th birthday this weekend in Cambridge.

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Max Born

Born identity revealed in newly-opened archive

07 Oct 2011

A Nobel Prize Medal, a postcard from Einstein and a Hitler-stamped letter of expulsion are among a fascinating archive of documents and other...

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Circuit board

The next generation of computing

04 Jul 2011

Progress in electronics has relied heavily on reducing the size of the transistor to create small, powerful computers. Now spintronics, hailed as the...

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Semiconductor

Pentagonal tiles pave the way towards organic electronics

06 May 2011

New research paves way for next generation of ultra-small electronic devices.

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Sir Richard Friend and David Harding

Physics of sustainability programme launched

24 Mar 2011

Funded by a £20 million donation from David Harding, the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability aims to address some of the major...

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