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Hay Festival crowds

Cambridge makes Hay

08 Apr 2013

A host of Cambridge academics and alumni will speak about subjects ranging from obesity and smart drugs to US politics and domestic service at this...

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Aligning sequences

New system to improve DNA sequencing

03 Apr 2013

A sensing system developed at Cambridge is being commercialised in the UK for use in rapid, low-cost DNA sequencing, which would make the prediction...

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Hologram

Nanotubes used to create smallest ever hologram pixels

21 Sep 2012

A breakthrough in the use of carbon nanotubes as optical projectors has enabled scientists to generate holograms using the smallest ever pixels.

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Yoghurt pot under the spotlight.

Nanotechnology and your views

23 Mar 2012

What are the implications of nanotechnology for the general public? What use is it to them? What are the risks and benefits? These are the types of...

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Aligned carbon nanotubes, coated with a conducting polymer

Weaving electronics into the fabric of our physical world

24 Jan 2012

The integration of electronics with materials opens up a world of possibilities, the surface of which is just being scratched. Professor Arokia...

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Nanoporous material

Research reveals shocking new way to create nanoporous materials

29 Nov 2011

Research demonstrates simple, scalable method with realistic capability of industrial cross-over.

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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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Organic solar cells

Organic solar cells

01 Aug 2009

How can the cost of solar cells be reduced enough to make them a feasible source of large-scale renewable energy? The answer is to make them thin.

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Plastic Straws

Brushing up on soft materials for nanotechnology

01 Sep 2008

Taking their cue from the building blocks of life, Cambridge chemists are assembling polymers that move.

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Sensing molecules by light using a substrate of nanoscale gold vocals

Squeezing more from light: coupling nanoscience and photonics

01 Sep 2008

Cambridge’s new NanoPhotonics Centre is creating novel properties of light and matter at the nanoscale.

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Morph design

Morph: reshaping phones of the future

01 May 2008

A joint nanotechnology partnership between the University of Cambridge and Nokia has unveiled its concept for the future of mobile phones.

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