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Hitachi and Cambridge renew 30 year research partnership

18 Nov 2019

The University of Cambridge and Hitachi Ltd have signed a new agreement to continue and grow their long-standing relationship through the Hitachi...

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Women in STEM: Dr Stephanie Höhn

14 Nov 2019

Dr Stephanie Höhn is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and a member of Trinity Hall. Here...

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Artist's impression of perovskite structures

‘Messy’ production of perovskite material increases solar cell efficiency

11 Nov 2019

Discovery means simpler and cheaper manufacturing methods are actually beneficial for the material’s use in next-generation solar cells or LED...

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Women in STEM: Vidhi Lalchand

07 Nov 2019

Vidhi is a PhD candidate at the Cavendish Laboratory, a Turing Scholar, and a member of Christ’s College. Here, she tells us about growing up in...

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Pre-cancerous pancreatic tissue in mice

Cambridge joins new transatlantic research alliance to detect cancer at its earliest stage

21 Oct 2019

Cambridge scientists are set to benefit from a major cash injection from Cancer Research UK and partners to develop radical new strategies and...

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Amelia Drew

Women in STEM: Amelia Drew

10 Oct 2019

Amelia Drew is a PhD candidate in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Here, she tells us about dark matter, being the only...

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Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves

10 Oct 2019

Researchers have successfully used sound waves to control quantum information in a single electron, a significant step towards efficient, robust...

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Women in STEM: Dr Cohl Furey

12 Sep 2019

Dr Cohl Furey is a Walter Grant Scott Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and a member of Trinity Hall. Here...

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AI learns the language of chemistry to predict how to make medicines

03 Sep 2019

Researchers have designed a machine learning algorithm that predicts the outcome of chemical reactions with much higher accuracy than trained...

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Women in STEM: Verity Allan

29 Aug 2019

Verity Allan is a graduate of Cambridge, Oxford, and The Open University. She is a PhD candidate at the Cavendish Laboratory and works as a project...

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Colour-changing artificial ‘chameleon skin’ powered by nanomachines

21 Aug 2019

Researchers have developed artificial ‘chameleon skin’ that changes colour when exposed to light and could be used in applications such as active...

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Women in STEM: Holly Pacey

11 Jul 2019

Holly Pacey is a PhD candidate in the High Energy Physics Group based at the Cavendish Laboratory, and works on the ATLAS experiment. She spent the...

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