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The latest issue of our #alumni magazine CavMag is out!
Edited by a talented team of postgraduate students - Daniel Robins, Bofeng Xue and Minglei Zhang - it brings together voices that connect our heritage with the exciting future ahead.
Explore the magazine online : buff.ly/xpcMC66
Edited by a talented team of postgraduate students - Daniel Robins, Bofeng Xue and Minglei Zhang - it brings together voices that connect our heritage with the exciting future ahead.
Explore the magazine online : buff.ly/xpcMC66
✨ Cavendish scientists are turning their ground-based expertise toward a mission to the far side of the Moon to listen to one of the faintest signals in the Universe, before the first stars were born. Read the article in the latest issue of CavMag, our alumni magazine: buff.ly/6k8xUoz
January 22, 2026 at 5:19 PM
✨ Cavendish scientists are turning their ground-based expertise toward a mission to the far side of the Moon to listen to one of the faintest signals in the Universe, before the first stars were born. Read the article in the latest issue of CavMag, our alumni magazine: buff.ly/6k8xUoz
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) sees first light!📡
By successfully achieving “First Fringes”, the project hits a crucial benchmark for proof of concept and signals the dawn of a new era in high-resolution imaging of the cosmos.
Read more about it: buff.ly/i4vR1Hb
By successfully achieving “First Fringes”, the project hits a crucial benchmark for proof of concept and signals the dawn of a new era in high-resolution imaging of the cosmos.
Read more about it: buff.ly/i4vR1Hb
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) sees first light!📡
By successfully achieving “First Fringes”, the project hits a crucial benchmark for proof of concept and signals the dawn of a new era in high-resolution imaging of the cosmos.
Read more about it: buff.ly/i4vR1Hb
By successfully achieving “First Fringes”, the project hits a crucial benchmark for proof of concept and signals the dawn of a new era in high-resolution imaging of the cosmos.
Read more about it: buff.ly/i4vR1Hb
✨ The next Cambridge Physics Centre Lecture, Building the Smallest Box to Trap Light, is on 22 Jan, 6pm.
Dr Rakesh Arul will explore how we can use techniques from nanotechnology, chemistry, and physics to make light work for us. 👉 buff.ly/Jh313zw
Dr Rakesh Arul will explore how we can use techniques from nanotechnology, chemistry, and physics to make light work for us. 👉 buff.ly/Jh313zw
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM
✨ The next Cambridge Physics Centre Lecture, Building the Smallest Box to Trap Light, is on 22 Jan, 6pm.
Dr Rakesh Arul will explore how we can use techniques from nanotechnology, chemistry, and physics to make light work for us. 👉 buff.ly/Jh313zw
Dr Rakesh Arul will explore how we can use techniques from nanotechnology, chemistry, and physics to make light work for us. 👉 buff.ly/Jh313zw
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Royce Cambridge Townhall ☕🔬
Join us on 22 Jan, 1:30–3pm at the Maxwell Centre to hear how researchers use Royce equipment. Short talks, coffee & cake. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royce-camb...
Join us on 22 Jan, 1:30–3pm at the Maxwell Centre to hear how researchers use Royce equipment. Short talks, coffee & cake. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royce-camb...
Royce Cambridge Open Townhall
Join us for coffee, cake and research presentations from previous recipients of Royce Access Scheme and ICP funding.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Royce Cambridge Townhall ☕🔬
Join us on 22 Jan, 1:30–3pm at the Maxwell Centre to hear how researchers use Royce equipment. Short talks, coffee & cake. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royce-camb...
Join us on 22 Jan, 1:30–3pm at the Maxwell Centre to hear how researchers use Royce equipment. Short talks, coffee & cake. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royce-camb...
If you ever wondered how the Standard Model got so crowded… there is a meme living rent-free in our lab that can explain. A weird bump in the data and we are three coffees deep proposing the Ultra-Super-Mega-Boson. Sometimes, physics is 99% maths, 1% “hear me out”!
#ParticlePhysics #PhysicsHumour
#ParticlePhysics #PhysicsHumour
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 PM
If you ever wondered how the Standard Model got so crowded… there is a meme living rent-free in our lab that can explain. A weird bump in the data and we are three coffees deep proposing the Ultra-Super-Mega-Boson. Sometimes, physics is 99% maths, 1% “hear me out”!
#ParticlePhysics #PhysicsHumour
#ParticlePhysics #PhysicsHumour
The latest issue of our #alumni magazine CavMag is out!
Edited by a talented team of postgraduate students - Daniel Robins, Bofeng Xue and Minglei Zhang - it brings together voices that connect our heritage with the exciting future ahead.
Explore the magazine online : buff.ly/xpcMC66
Edited by a talented team of postgraduate students - Daniel Robins, Bofeng Xue and Minglei Zhang - it brings together voices that connect our heritage with the exciting future ahead.
Explore the magazine online : buff.ly/xpcMC66
January 12, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The latest issue of our #alumni magazine CavMag is out!
Edited by a talented team of postgraduate students - Daniel Robins, Bofeng Xue and Minglei Zhang - it brings together voices that connect our heritage with the exciting future ahead.
Explore the magazine online : buff.ly/xpcMC66
Edited by a talented team of postgraduate students - Daniel Robins, Bofeng Xue and Minglei Zhang - it brings together voices that connect our heritage with the exciting future ahead.
Explore the magazine online : buff.ly/xpcMC66
Merging topological condensed matter and the optoelectronics of organic semiconductors, a team of researchers have uncovered topological excitons with enhanced transport properties. This work is kickstarting a whole new field of research.
Learn more about their work: buff.ly/IjuB6ox
Learn more about their work: buff.ly/IjuB6ox
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Merging topological condensed matter and the optoelectronics of organic semiconductors, a team of researchers have uncovered topological excitons with enhanced transport properties. This work is kickstarting a whole new field of research.
Learn more about their work: buff.ly/IjuB6ox
Learn more about their work: buff.ly/IjuB6ox
Passionate about experimental physics? Love hands-on problem-solving, building skills in the lab, and discussing ideas?
Applications open for the Experimental Physics Summer School | 6 July – 1 August 2026
| Deadlines: Early-bird 7 Jan | Final 15 Feb
🔗 buff.ly/WrfRBLJ
Applications open for the Experimental Physics Summer School | 6 July – 1 August 2026
| Deadlines: Early-bird 7 Jan | Final 15 Feb
🔗 buff.ly/WrfRBLJ
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Passionate about experimental physics? Love hands-on problem-solving, building skills in the lab, and discussing ideas?
Applications open for the Experimental Physics Summer School | 6 July – 1 August 2026
| Deadlines: Early-bird 7 Jan | Final 15 Feb
🔗 buff.ly/WrfRBLJ
Applications open for the Experimental Physics Summer School | 6 July – 1 August 2026
| Deadlines: Early-bird 7 Jan | Final 15 Feb
🔗 buff.ly/WrfRBLJ
✨Welcome to Lent Term 2026✨
Whether you’re returning, starting fresh projects, teaching, studying, or simply visiting the Cavendish Laboratory, we’re excited to begin this new term together.
Here’s to curiosity, collaboration, and an inspiring year ahead💫
#CambridgePhysics
Whether you’re returning, starting fresh projects, teaching, studying, or simply visiting the Cavendish Laboratory, we’re excited to begin this new term together.
Here’s to curiosity, collaboration, and an inspiring year ahead💫
#CambridgePhysics
January 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
✨Welcome to Lent Term 2026✨
Whether you’re returning, starting fresh projects, teaching, studying, or simply visiting the Cavendish Laboratory, we’re excited to begin this new term together.
Here’s to curiosity, collaboration, and an inspiring year ahead💫
#CambridgePhysics
Whether you’re returning, starting fresh projects, teaching, studying, or simply visiting the Cavendish Laboratory, we’re excited to begin this new term together.
Here’s to curiosity, collaboration, and an inspiring year ahead💫
#CambridgePhysics
🌟✨We wish you all a wonderful New Year. May 2026 be filled with joy. Happy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 9:15 AM
🌟✨We wish you all a wonderful New Year. May 2026 be filled with joy. Happy New Year!
We will be taking a social media break over the festive period and will return in January. In the meantime, on behalf of everyone at the Cavendish, have a safe and peaceful festive season and a Happy New Year!
Image: Ray Dolby Centre ©Paul Raftery
Image: Ray Dolby Centre ©Paul Raftery
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We will be taking a social media break over the festive period and will return in January. In the meantime, on behalf of everyone at the Cavendish, have a safe and peaceful festive season and a Happy New Year!
Image: Ray Dolby Centre ©Paul Raftery
Image: Ray Dolby Centre ©Paul Raftery
Our research is featured among the top 3 physics discoveries of 2025 by Quanta Magazine. Using the JWST, scientists identified a huge black hole weighing 50 million Suns, challenging long-held ideas about how black holes and galaxies form.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.21748
arxiv.org/abs/2508.21748
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Our research is featured among the top 3 physics discoveries of 2025 by Quanta Magazine. Using the JWST, scientists identified a huge black hole weighing 50 million Suns, challenging long-held ideas about how black holes and galaxies form.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.21748
arxiv.org/abs/2508.21748
Cavendish Laboratory undergraduates win UKPT 2025 and will represent the UK at the International Physicists’ Tournament 2026, taking place in May at Oklahoma State University. Link for the complete story: buff.ly/OMiRrVb
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Cavendish Laboratory undergraduates win UKPT 2025 and will represent the UK at the International Physicists’ Tournament 2026, taking place in May at Oklahoma State University. Link for the complete story: buff.ly/OMiRrVb
Passionate about experimental physics? Love hands-on problem-solving and building skills in the lab? Applications are now open for the Experimental Physics Summer School for Undergraduates: 6 July – 1 Aug 2026.
Deadlines: Early-bird 7 Jan | Final 15 Feb 2026
Find out more & apply: buff.ly/ZDIF7Eg
Deadlines: Early-bird 7 Jan | Final 15 Feb 2026
Find out more & apply: buff.ly/ZDIF7Eg
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Passionate about experimental physics? Love hands-on problem-solving and building skills in the lab? Applications are now open for the Experimental Physics Summer School for Undergraduates: 6 July – 1 Aug 2026.
Deadlines: Early-bird 7 Jan | Final 15 Feb 2026
Find out more & apply: buff.ly/ZDIF7Eg
Deadlines: Early-bird 7 Jan | Final 15 Feb 2026
Find out more & apply: buff.ly/ZDIF7Eg
If you have a moment to slow down over the festive break, why not catch up on the latest Cambridge Physics Centre (CPC) Sixth Form Lecture recordings on our YouTube channel 🎄
▶️ Recordings of this year’s and past lectures are available here: buff.ly/3ACksDm
▶️ Recordings of this year’s and past lectures are available here: buff.ly/3ACksDm
December 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If you have a moment to slow down over the festive break, why not catch up on the latest Cambridge Physics Centre (CPC) Sixth Form Lecture recordings on our YouTube channel 🎄
▶️ Recordings of this year’s and past lectures are available here: buff.ly/3ACksDm
▶️ Recordings of this year’s and past lectures are available here: buff.ly/3ACksDm
Verity Allan is our #PeopleDoingPhysics guest this month. From studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic to working on the world’s largest radio telescope, her story proves that multiple interests and an open mind can lead to amazing opportunities.
🔊https://buff.ly/lapXhgm
🔊https://buff.ly/lapXhgm
December 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Verity Allan is our #PeopleDoingPhysics guest this month. From studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic to working on the world’s largest radio telescope, her story proves that multiple interests and an open mind can lead to amazing opportunities.
🔊https://buff.ly/lapXhgm
🔊https://buff.ly/lapXhgm
MOONS, the UK’s most advanced astronomy instrument, is on its way to Chile, and researchers from the University of Cambridge played a leading role in making it happen.
Read the full story: buff.ly/8JUSqmu
#MOONS
Read the full story: buff.ly/8JUSqmu
#MOONS
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
MOONS, the UK’s most advanced astronomy instrument, is on its way to Chile, and researchers from the University of Cambridge played a leading role in making it happen.
Read the full story: buff.ly/8JUSqmu
#MOONS
Read the full story: buff.ly/8JUSqmu
#MOONS
🚀 Cavendish IV: A Space Odyssey by René Tronsgaard
The image depicts The Orbital Frontier - a modular, self-sustaining space station imagined as the future home of the Cavendish Laboratory 150 years from now. Commended entry in the Cavendish Photography Competion 2025 under the AI Category 👨🚀
The image depicts The Orbital Frontier - a modular, self-sustaining space station imagined as the future home of the Cavendish Laboratory 150 years from now. Commended entry in the Cavendish Photography Competion 2025 under the AI Category 👨🚀
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🚀 Cavendish IV: A Space Odyssey by René Tronsgaard
The image depicts The Orbital Frontier - a modular, self-sustaining space station imagined as the future home of the Cavendish Laboratory 150 years from now. Commended entry in the Cavendish Photography Competion 2025 under the AI Category 👨🚀
The image depicts The Orbital Frontier - a modular, self-sustaining space station imagined as the future home of the Cavendish Laboratory 150 years from now. Commended entry in the Cavendish Photography Competion 2025 under the AI Category 👨🚀
Scientists working on the @microboone experiment have found no evidence for a 4th type of neutrino. Though the new result rules out one explanation for anomalies seen in previous experiments, the mystery still remains. See Cambridge physicists' next steps: www.phy.cam.ac.uk/news/uk-scie...
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Scientists working on the @microboone experiment have found no evidence for a 4th type of neutrino. Though the new result rules out one explanation for anomalies seen in previous experiments, the mystery still remains. See Cambridge physicists' next steps: www.phy.cam.ac.uk/news/uk-scie...
Fantastic to hear that our new Cavendish Professor, Nicola Marzari, is a @foresightinst 2025 Feynman Prizes winner (Theory) for developing the theoretical and computational infrastructure that underpins modern atomically precise materials discovery.
Many congratulations to him!
Many congratulations to him!
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Fantastic to hear that our new Cavendish Professor, Nicola Marzari, is a @foresightinst 2025 Feynman Prizes winner (Theory) for developing the theoretical and computational infrastructure that underpins modern atomically precise materials discovery.
Many congratulations to him!
Many congratulations to him!
✨ The next event in the Cambridge Physics Centre Sixth Form Lecture Series is on 4 December, 6pm. Free and open to all.
Matt Kenzie will explore newly discovered particles made of 4 and 5 quarks, and what they reveal about why our universe contains more matter than anti-matter.
👉 buff.ly/QqAZ20S
Matt Kenzie will explore newly discovered particles made of 4 and 5 quarks, and what they reveal about why our universe contains more matter than anti-matter.
👉 buff.ly/QqAZ20S
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
✨ The next event in the Cambridge Physics Centre Sixth Form Lecture Series is on 4 December, 6pm. Free and open to all.
Matt Kenzie will explore newly discovered particles made of 4 and 5 quarks, and what they reveal about why our universe contains more matter than anti-matter.
👉 buff.ly/QqAZ20S
Matt Kenzie will explore newly discovered particles made of 4 and 5 quarks, and what they reveal about why our universe contains more matter than anti-matter.
👉 buff.ly/QqAZ20S
It was 30 years ago that the first Bose–Einstein condensation were created in alkali atoms, marking the beginning of an exciting and still-growing field.
Cavendish researchers Zoran Hadzibabic and Ulrich Schneider congratulate and celebrate in @nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Cavendish researchers Zoran Hadzibabic and Ulrich Schneider congratulate and celebrate in @nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It was 30 years ago that the first Bose–Einstein condensation were created in alkali atoms, marking the beginning of an exciting and still-growing field.
Cavendish researchers Zoran Hadzibabic and Ulrich Schneider congratulate and celebrate in @nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Cavendish researchers Zoran Hadzibabic and Ulrich Schneider congratulate and celebrate in @nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Royce Undergraduate Internship Scheme 2026 is now open for project proposals from UK HEIs.
⚠️ Deadline: 19 January 2026 at 09:00.
Apply here: lnkd.in/gH_mP8Yx
#RoyceCambridge #RoyceInternships #MaterialsScience #UndergraduateInternship #MaterialsResearch #UKResearch
⚠️ Deadline: 19 January 2026 at 09:00.
Apply here: lnkd.in/gH_mP8Yx
#RoyceCambridge #RoyceInternships #MaterialsScience #UndergraduateInternship #MaterialsResearch #UKResearch
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Royce Undergraduate Internship Scheme 2026 is now open for project proposals from UK HEIs.
⚠️ Deadline: 19 January 2026 at 09:00.
Apply here: lnkd.in/gH_mP8Yx
#RoyceCambridge #RoyceInternships #MaterialsScience #UndergraduateInternship #MaterialsResearch #UKResearch
⚠️ Deadline: 19 January 2026 at 09:00.
Apply here: lnkd.in/gH_mP8Yx
#RoyceCambridge #RoyceInternships #MaterialsScience #UndergraduateInternship #MaterialsResearch #UKResearch
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Cambridge physicists have created a fine-tuned 'energy sandwich' that could transform how solar cells, LEDs and lasers are made, and make them cheaper and more efficient 🔋
New #research from @ceb.cam.ac.uk and @cambridgephysics.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3XyHB0g 🧪
New #research from @ceb.cam.ac.uk and @cambridgephysics.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3XyHB0g 🧪
‘Beautiful energy sandwich’ could power next-generation solar and lighting
Researchers have achieved a new level of control over the atomic structure of a family of materials known as halide perovskites, creating a finely tuned
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Cambridge physicists have created a fine-tuned 'energy sandwich' that could transform how solar cells, LEDs and lasers are made, and make them cheaper and more efficient 🔋
New #research from @ceb.cam.ac.uk and @cambridgephysics.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3XyHB0g 🧪
New #research from @ceb.cam.ac.uk and @cambridgephysics.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3XyHB0g 🧪
🚀✨ Dr Vijay Mahatma has been awarded a major VLA observing project, building on Cambridge’s radio astronomy legacy to study 73 of the brightest radio galaxies in unprecedented detail.
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🚀✨ Dr Vijay Mahatma has been awarded a major VLA observing project, building on Cambridge’s radio astronomy legacy to study 73 of the brightest radio galaxies in unprecedented detail.