Giant 'quantum twisters' may form in liquid light
05 Mar 2021New mechanism found for generating giant vortices in quantum fluids of light.
Through the looking glass: artificial ‘molecules’ open door to ultrafast devices
03 Mar 2021Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Skoltech in Russia have shown that polaritons, the quirky particles that may end up running the...
Cuttlefish show their intelligence by snubbing sub-standard snacks
03 Mar 2021A study has found that cuttlefish can pass a fishy version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those that can delay gratification the longest are the...
Artificial ‘brain’ reveals why we can’t always believe our eyes
25 Feb 2021A computer network closely modelled on part of the human brain is enabling new insights into the way our brains process moving images - and explains...
Q&A with Sharon Peacock, coronavirus variant hunter
22 Feb 2021The UK is a world leader in sequencing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Of all the coronavirus genomes that have been sequenced in the...
Lab-grown ‘mini-bile ducts’ used to repair human livers in regenerative medicine first
18 Feb 2021Scientists have used a technique to grow bile duct organoids – often referred to as ‘mini-organs’ – in the lab and shown that these can be used to...
The cosmologist modelling the Universe with maths
18 Feb 2021Dr Tobias Baldauf likes nothing better than seeing an equation ‘cross reality’. His work is helping us to answer some of the remaining questions...
Light used to detect quantum information stored in 100,000 nuclear quantum bits
15 Feb 2021Researchers 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...
Astronomers identify new method of planet formation
12 Feb 2021Scientists have suggested a new explanation for the abundance in intermediate-mass exoplanets – a long-standing puzzle in astronomy.
The scientist watching light at a millionth of a millionth of a second
10 Feb 2021When she’s not making atomic-scale changes to create super-efficient light bulbs and cut carbon emissions, Professor Rachel Oliver has her sights set...
‘Magnetic graphene’ forms a new kind of magnetism
08 Feb 2021Researchers have identified a new form of magnetism in so-called magnetic graphene, which could point the way toward understanding superconductivity...
New starfish-like fossil reveals evolution in action
20 Jan 2021Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered a fossil of the earliest starfish-like animal, which helps us understand the origins of...