Webb telescope reaches new milestone in its search for distant galaxies
09 Dec 2022New findings confirm that JWST has surpassed the Hubble telescope in its ability to observe the early Universe
News from the Cavendish Laboratory.
Non-detection of key signal allows astronomers to determine what the first galaxies were – and weren’t – like
28 Nov 2022Researchers have been able to make some key determinations about the first galaxies to exist, in one of the first astrophysical studies of the period in the early Universe when the first stars and galaxies formed, known as the cosmic dawn.
Watching lithium in real time could improve performance of EV battery materials
14 Oct 2022Researchers have found that the irregular movement of lithium ions in next-generation battery materials could be reducing their capacity and hindering their performance.
Nobel Laureates of Cambridge
30 Sep 2022What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize? Does it always come as a surprise? How does it change your life? Professor Didier Queloz, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics, reflects on what he says was a turning point for him.
Machine learning algorithm predicts how to get the most out of electric vehicle batteries
23 Aug 2022Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm that could help reduce charging times and prolong battery life in electric vehicles by predicting how different driving patterns affect battery performance, improving safety and reliability.
AI tackles the challenge of materials structure prediction
27 Jul 2022Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict the structure of new materials with five times the efficiency of the current standard, removing a key roadblock in developing advanced materials for applications such as energy storage and photovoltaics.
Astronomers develop novel way to ‘see’ first stars through fog of early Universe
21 Jul 2022A team of astronomers has developed a method that will allow them to ‘see’ through the fog of the early Universe and detect light from the first stars and galaxies.
Flip the switch: the tech in 35 million phones
20 Jul 2022How tiny vibrations in minute metal structures – and a little bit of luck – helped make mobile phones faster and more efficient.
Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award
30 Jun 2022Cambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5 million each for interdisciplinary research support.
No signs (yet) of life on Venus
14 Jun 2022The unusual behaviour of sulphur in Venus’ atmosphere cannot be explained by an ‘aerial’ form of extra-terrestrial life, according to a new study.
