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Inaugural Symposium presentations availableThe Winton Inaugural Symposium was held on 1st October 2012 at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge.  This one-day meeting on "Energy Efficiency" attracted a large and diverse audience.  The attendees included students and senior staff from the Cavendish as well as other departments; there was also a sign…

Cambridge University Energy Network Annual conference 2012 on Nuclear PowerNUCLEAR POWER: CLEAR OR UNCLEAR?Sustainability, policy and prospectsTuesday, 26-06-2012Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge Nuclear power is playing an ever more fundamental role in energy strategies, providing about 15% of the world's electricity. In addition to the on-g…

One-Day Symposium on Energy Efficiency on 1 October 2012 CLOSED for Registration The Winton Inaugural Symposium on Energy Efficiency is now CLOSED for registration.  This one-day symposium to be held on 1st October 2012 at the Cavendish will bring together world-leading experts to explore the fundamental physical limits to the generation, storage a…

The first Winton Symposium will be held on the 1st October at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge.  This one day Symposium will be on “Energy Efficiency” with a number of international keynote speakers exploring the fundamental limits set by science and engineering to the efficiency with which we can generate, store and use energy.  Further detai…

The Winton Pump-prime scheme at the Cavendish Laboratory has been launched to encourage exploration of new innovate ideas with relevance to the broad field of Sustainability. This scheme is designed to promote speculative, high-risk activities that have the potential for major impact, which otherwise would be difficult to resource.  Following the l…

The first cohort of Winton Scholars have joined the Cavendish to embark on PhD programmes in a range of physics related activities.  Six Scholars have been appointed.  Further details of all the Scholars can be found on the website (Community).Note:  Winton Scholarships will be awarded annually for proposals in the area of Physics of Sustainability…

Dr Nalin Patel has been appointed Manager of the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability.  Nalin, who obtained his doctorate in Semiconductor Physics Group, previously worked with CDT and Toshiba Europe.  He started his post from 1 August 2011.

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