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The Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics at University of Cambridge. At the forefront of discovery in physics since 1874.
Cambridge
Joined October 2014
The Ray Dolby Centre, our state-of-the-art new home, is now officially open 🎉 ✨ Its 173 laboratories, lecture halls, collaborative spaces, workshops, cleanrooms and offices will give our scientists space to think outside the box. Find out how👇 https://t.co/NuNbRmjxz9
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Last week we celebrated the brilliant young minds shaping the future of #Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory Annual Prizewinners’ Dinner. Students and recent graduates received their awards from Prof Ulrich Schneider, Director of Undergraduate Education. 🔗 https://t.co/bLAQRcAdiB
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Last evening was all about fun, and new beginnings at the Cavendish for our incoming PhD students this year! They got to know each other through games, “real vs fake” introductions, and a lively round of physics networking bingo - all along with plenty of pizza, of course! 🍕✨
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Have you ever spotted the white dishes in the Cambridgeshire countryside? 📡 The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is home to some of the world’s largest and most advanced radio telescopes. Opened in 1957, the Observatory is built on the site of the Lords Bridge Air
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We're delighted to welcome the £15 million investment that recognises Cambridge as one of the most investable places for science in the UK 🔬 Fast-tracking the Innovation Hub will help drive UK growth. Government support means this work will now start at pace. #OxCam #Cambridge
Exciting news for the OxCam area! We’re investing £15 million in the @Cambridge_Uni Innovation Hub, a world-leading lab space for science and tech startups 🔬 @EITOxford is also pledging £10 billion to support cutting-edge medical research and innovation in Oxford.
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The Kelvin Club is hosting an afternoon in memory of Oliver Heaviside on Tuesday, 28th October in Peterhouse Theatre from 3pm. @Peterhouse_Cam See image for details.📷
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Our final piece of kit, the cryogenics facility, has moved to the Ray Dolby Centre, officially wrapping up our 11-month, 14-phase relocation!🙌 Thanks to all our Cavendish community and our partners MovePlan and Restore @HarrowGreen for making this huge move a true team success👏
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Have you been on our Self-Guided Cambridge Physics Walking Tour? 🎧 Stroll through the historic streets and cloisters of Cambridge where discoveries that changed the world were made. 🌍You can download the free tour via Voice Map app: https://t.co/93Djy4qogh
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A fresh academic year, a new beginning and a milestone moment! ✨ Earlier this week we saw the very first IB Lab session at the Ray Dolby Centre, marking an inspiring start to the term. Here’s to a year filled with curiosity, collaboration, and discovery! #RayDolbyCentre #IBLab
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A generous £1.5 million gift from @ogdentrust will help secure the future of our pioneering programme Isaac Science, which exists to improve students’ confidence and attainment in STEM subjects and equip teachers with the time and tools they need.🙌 🔗 https://t.co/ztU1WFXBOh
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🎉 We recently celebrated 70 years of the Theory of Condensed Matter (TCM) Group at the Cavendish Laboratory! In this video, Professor of Physics Claudio Castelnovo shares how the group continues to produce cutting edge research. You can know more : https://t.co/ksUskdjGFl
#TCM70
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Huge congratulations to Cavendish Join Member Professor Sam Stranks for receiving the 2025 IOP Nevill Mott medal 👏🏅
Lighting the way forward 🔆 Professor Sam Stranks has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics Nevill Mott medal for his work on next-generation solar technologies. Read more on our website, link in bio 🔗 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
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Special congratulations to Doris Reiter and @HeindelTobias for this very prestigious recognition from the Institute of Physics @PhysicsNews 🏅 ©D. Reiter/DR #QuanTour #QTorch #SUPERquantum
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🎉Excited to celebrate QuanTour’s 2025 Institute of Physics Lise Meitner award! We were proud to host the travelling quantum light source in Cambridge and contribute to this groundbreaking initiative. Congrats to the QuanTour team for their brilliant work. https://t.co/jVB3lU2wcu
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Welcome to our first-year undergraduate students👋 ✨ Today the Undergraduate Teaching Team (Rachael, Richard and Helen), our Director of Undergraduate Education Ulrich Schneider and Head of Department Mete Atature welcomed the Part IA cohort in the Ray Dolby Auditorium.
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Prof Jochen Guck, former Reader in Biophysics at the Cavendish and a great contributor to our Department. He will be missed by his former colleagues and friends. We send our most sincere condolences to his family. https://t.co/gOsxxEtU65
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A proud moment🎉 Cavendish alumnus Prof John Clarke awarded the #NobelPrize2025, with Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis. They opened the door to quantum technologies based on superconducting qubits, putting quantum phenomena to work in real devices. https://t.co/lLxZ1W5sAC
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Today, we welcomed back our 4th year physics students to the Ray Dolby Centre, as they continue their academic journey and further their scientific exploration with us. Amongst this group may well be the next Nobel Prize laureates 👀🏆Here's to another brilliant year of physics!
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And 32 for the Cavendish Laboratory (but we're not counting)!
Congratulations to Cambridge alumnus Professor John Clarke, who has been jointly awarded The @NobelPrize Prize in Physics – making this Cambridge's 126th Nobel win 🏆 👏 Read about his work and his long connection with Cambridge: https://t.co/a2zxiiV94q
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Congratulations to Cavendish Laboratory alumnus John Clarke on receiving the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics! 👏 A proud moment for the Cavendish community and the University of Cambridge.
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
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📣 Catch Claire Smith, Research Laboratory Technician, @DeptofPhysics @Cambridge_Uni at @newscientist live on 18 - 20 October! #NewScientistsLive is the world's greatest festival of ideas and discoveries. Meet Claire to discuss our work, science, tech and ideas. #RoyceCambridge
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