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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
✨ The next event in the Cambridge Physics Centre Sixth Form Lecture Series is today at 6pm at the Ray Dolby Centre. Discover what lies beneath the surface of the materials that shape our world in this talk by Dr. Shaoliang Guan. Open to all.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
✨ The next event in the Cambridge Physics Centre Sixth Form Lecture Series is today at 6pm at the Ray Dolby Centre. Discover what lies beneath the surface of the materials that shape our world in this talk by Dr. Shaoliang Guan. Open to all.
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To conclude International Day of Women and Girls in Science, meet our new pulsars specialist Lucy Oswald.
What are the big questions she's working on?
How does she sees gender balance in astro?
What's her advice for aspiring scientists?
Her answers here👉️https://buff.ly/63dW0WB
What are the big questions she's working on?
How does she sees gender balance in astro?
What's her advice for aspiring scientists?
Her answers here👉️https://buff.ly/63dW0WB
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
To conclude International Day of Women and Girls in Science, meet our new pulsars specialist Lucy Oswald.
What are the big questions she's working on?
How does she sees gender balance in astro?
What's her advice for aspiring scientists?
Her answers here👉️https://buff.ly/63dW0WB
What are the big questions she's working on?
How does she sees gender balance in astro?
What's her advice for aspiring scientists?
Her answers here👉️https://buff.ly/63dW0WB
Passionate about experimental physics? Love hands-on problem-solving, building skills in the lab, and discussing ideas?
Applications are still open for the Experimental Physics Summer School | 6 July – 1 August 2026 | Final deadline: Sunday 15 February
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Applications are still open for the Experimental Physics Summer School | 6 July – 1 August 2026 | Final deadline: Sunday 15 February
🔗 buff.ly/WrfRBLJ
February 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Passionate about experimental physics? Love hands-on problem-solving, building skills in the lab, and discussing ideas?
Applications are still open for the Experimental Physics Summer School | 6 July – 1 August 2026 | Final deadline: Sunday 15 February
🔗 buff.ly/WrfRBLJ
Applications are still open for the Experimental Physics Summer School | 6 July – 1 August 2026 | Final deadline: Sunday 15 February
🔗 buff.ly/WrfRBLJ
Cavendish spin-out Nu Quantum is opening a new state-of-the-art trapped-ion networking lab in Cambridge: buff.ly/LOMjzH6
Industry-led R&D is critical to stay at the forefront of quantum science & technology. The facility will push the frontier of quantum networking at industrially relevant scales.
Industry-led R&D is critical to stay at the forefront of quantum science & technology. The facility will push the frontier of quantum networking at industrially relevant scales.
Nu Quantum
Nu Quantum has been pioneering quantum networking technology since 2018. Our market-leading expertise is uniquely positioned to deliver a distributed quantum...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Cavendish spin-out Nu Quantum is opening a new state-of-the-art trapped-ion networking lab in Cambridge: buff.ly/LOMjzH6
Industry-led R&D is critical to stay at the forefront of quantum science & technology. The facility will push the frontier of quantum networking at industrially relevant scales.
Industry-led R&D is critical to stay at the forefront of quantum science & technology. The facility will push the frontier of quantum networking at industrially relevant scales.
In an article in Varsity, Siddharth Saxena, head of the Cambridge Central Asia Forum and research professor at the Cavendish Laboratory, discusses the intersection of physics and history, and how scientific thinking brings valuable perspectives to society. buff.ly/SW9rxAh
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
In an article in Varsity, Siddharth Saxena, head of the Cambridge Central Asia Forum and research professor at the Cavendish Laboratory, discusses the intersection of physics and history, and how scientific thinking brings valuable perspectives to society. buff.ly/SW9rxAh
Year 12 students joined us this week for the Cambridge Physics Experience: exploring a college, tackling hands-on experiments and hearing about research. Delivered three times each academic year, the programme actively challenges stereotypes and broadens access to the subject. buff.ly/U6ulyNk
February 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Year 12 students joined us this week for the Cambridge Physics Experience: exploring a college, tackling hands-on experiments and hearing about research. Delivered three times each academic year, the programme actively challenges stereotypes and broadens access to the subject. buff.ly/U6ulyNk
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Find out how this collaboration will help to turn our quantum research into real-world solutions 👇 philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
New applied quantum initiative to advance research translation at the University of Cambridge
Quantum technology research at Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory will benefit from a new collaboration with FormationQ, an independent platform for quantum adoption and application, to help speed translation of the University’s frontier research into real-world applications.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Find out how this collaboration will help to turn our quantum research into real-world solutions 👇 philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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Nada Hosking, Founder and CEO of Formation Q, adds, "By uniting the Cavendish Laboratory’s scientific excellence, FormationQ’s operational backbone, and IonQ’s industry-leading quantum technologies, we’re turning today’s quantum discoveries into tomorrow’s practical revolutions.”
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Nada Hosking, Founder and CEO of Formation Q, adds, "By uniting the Cavendish Laboratory’s scientific excellence, FormationQ’s operational backbone, and IonQ’s industry-leading quantum technologies, we’re turning today’s quantum discoveries into tomorrow’s practical revolutions.”
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Mete Ature (@meteatature.bsky.social), Head of the Cavendish Laboratory, notes, “Progress in quantum technologies requires strong collaborations and a constant dialogue between industry and academic research."
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Mete Ature (@meteatature.bsky.social), Head of the Cavendish Laboratory, notes, “Progress in quantum technologies requires strong collaborations and a constant dialogue between industry and academic research."
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Formation Q gifts £1,675,000 to launch the Quantum Technologies Accelerated Alignment Initiative, using IonQ’s world-leading technology.
The two-year applied program at the Cavendish Laboratory (@cambridgephysics.bsky.social) will help to turn quantum research into practical solutions.
The two-year applied program at the Cavendish Laboratory (@cambridgephysics.bsky.social) will help to turn quantum research into practical solutions.
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Formation Q gifts £1,675,000 to launch the Quantum Technologies Accelerated Alignment Initiative, using IonQ’s world-leading technology.
The two-year applied program at the Cavendish Laboratory (@cambridgephysics.bsky.social) will help to turn quantum research into practical solutions.
The two-year applied program at the Cavendish Laboratory (@cambridgephysics.bsky.social) will help to turn quantum research into practical solutions.
Today we launch a new partnership with FormationQ to move quantum out of the lab and into the real-world.
Our first initiative is a two-year program focused on building the systems, pathways, and partnerships that make adoption at scale possible.
Learn more:
Our first initiative is a two-year program focused on building the systems, pathways, and partnerships that make adoption at scale possible.
Learn more:
New applied quantum initiative to advance research translation at Cambridge - Cavendish Laboratory Department of Physics
Quantum technology research at the Cavendish Laboratory will benefit from a new collaboration with FormationQ, an independent platform for quantum adoption and application, to help speed translation…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Today we launch a new partnership with FormationQ to move quantum out of the lab and into the real-world.
Our first initiative is a two-year program focused on building the systems, pathways, and partnerships that make adoption at scale possible.
Learn more:
Our first initiative is a two-year program focused on building the systems, pathways, and partnerships that make adoption at scale possible.
Learn more:
📣 Save the date for the Scott Lectures 2026 - Stuart Parkin, pioneer and leader in spintronic materials and devices, will join us in Cambridge for a series of three lectures open to all on 23, 25 and 27 February 2026.
More details to follow 👉️ buff.ly/3vBO3AO
More details to follow 👉️ buff.ly/3vBO3AO
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📣 Save the date for the Scott Lectures 2026 - Stuart Parkin, pioneer and leader in spintronic materials and devices, will join us in Cambridge for a series of three lectures open to all on 23, 25 and 27 February 2026.
More details to follow 👉️ buff.ly/3vBO3AO
More details to follow 👉️ buff.ly/3vBO3AO
Meet the 10th Cavendish Professor of Physics Nicola Marzari, who (re)joined the Cavendish Laboratory last September, continuing a historic lineage that began with James Clerk Maxwell in 1871. More about this in our latest issue of CavMag: buff.ly/52UOO91
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Meet the 10th Cavendish Professor of Physics Nicola Marzari, who (re)joined the Cavendish Laboratory last September, continuing a historic lineage that began with James Clerk Maxwell in 1871. More about this in our latest issue of CavMag: buff.ly/52UOO91
PhD student Felicity Woolhouse uses the tunability and speed of light to explore energy materials. If you love hands-on lab work & problem-solving, then applications for the Experimental Physics Summer School are open. 6 Jul–1 Aug 2026 | Deadline: 15 Feb | buff.ly/u8I2KDs
January 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
PhD student Felicity Woolhouse uses the tunability and speed of light to explore energy materials. If you love hands-on lab work & problem-solving, then applications for the Experimental Physics Summer School are open. 6 Jul–1 Aug 2026 | Deadline: 15 Feb | buff.ly/u8I2KDs
✨ 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