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Robot arm and semiconductor

£11m semiconductor research centre could be key player in UK’s net zero mission

13 Feb 2024

The University of Cambridge is a partner in the new £11m Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) REWIRE, set to deliver pioneering semiconductor...

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Magnetic monopoles in hematite

Diamonds and rust help unveil ‘impossible’ quasi-particles

05 Dec 2023

Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles – isolated magnetic charges – in a material closely related to rust, a result that could be used to...

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Digital generated image of abstract glowing tech data tunnel

Simulations of ‘backwards time travel’ can improve scientific experiments

12 Oct 2023

Physicists have shown that simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve using...

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Artist's impression of aligned spins in an organic semiconductor

Switching ‘spin’ on and off (and up and down) in quantum materials at room temperature

16 Aug 2023

Researchers have found a way to control the interaction of light and quantum ‘spin’ in organic semiconductors, that works even at room temperature...

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Long exposure light painting

Smart lighting system based on quantum dots more accurately reproduces daylight

03 Aug 2022

Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in...

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Suchitra Sebastian

Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award

30 Jun 2022

Cambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5...

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Artistic rendition of isolated spins on hexagonal boron nitride under an optical microscope

Two-dimensional material could store quantum information at room temperature

11 Feb 2022

Researchers have identified a two-dimensional material that could be used to store quantum information at room temperature.

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Stable giant quantum vortices

Giant 'quantum twisters' may form in liquid light

05 Mar 2021

New mechanism found for generating giant vortices in quantum fluids of light.

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Artificial polaritons

Through the looking glass: artificial ‘molecules’ open door to ultrafast devices

03 Mar 2021

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Skoltech in Russia have shown that polaritons, the quirky particles that may end up running the...

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Quantum particles

Light used to detect quantum information stored in 100,000 nuclear quantum bits

15 Feb 2021

Researchers have found a way to use light and a single electron to communicate with a cloud of quantum bits and sense their behaviour, making it...

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New Simulation Sheds Light on Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes

Quantum projects launched to solve universe’s mysteries

13 Jan 2021

Researchers will use cutting-edge quantum technologies to transform our understanding of the universe and answer key questions such as the nature of...

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Entanglement

Hidden symmetry could be key to more robust quantum systems, researchers find

09 Dec 2020

Researchers have found a way to protect highly fragile quantum systems from noise, which could aid in the design and development of new quantum...

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