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Read more at: Winton Scholars 2011
Winton Scholars 2011

Winton Scholars 2011

10 April 2014

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...

Read more at: First Winton Pump-prime Grants Awarded

First Winton Pump-prime Grants Awarded

10 April 2014

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...

Read more at: Dr Croze appointed as Winton Advanced Research Fellow
Dr Croze appointed as Winton Advanced Research Fellow

Dr Croze appointed as Winton Advanced Research Fellow

10 April 2014

Biological physicist joins the Winton Programme

Read more at: Incorporation of non-stoichiometry crucial to battery and fusion reactor breeder material
Incorporation of non-stoichiometry crucial to battery and fusion reactor breeder material

Incorporation of non-stoichiometry crucial to battery and fusion reactor breeder material

10 April 2014

A collaboration between Samuel Murphy, at Imperial College London, and Winton Advanced Research Fellow Nicholas Hine, at the Cavendish Laboratory, has investigated the properties of defects in Lithium Metatitanate, Li 2 TiO 3 . Li 2 TiO 3 has several promising applications relating to energy materials, including as a...

Read more at: Jan Mertens wins SET for Britain award at event hosted in Parliament
Jan Mertens wins SET for Britain award at event hosted in Parliament

Jan Mertens wins SET for Britain award at event hosted in Parliament

10 April 2014

Winton Scholar, Jan Mertens, wins silver prize for his poster on “Graphene Controls Colour of Plasmonic Nanoantennas” as part of the SET for Britain event in Parliament. Jan presented his physics research to dozens of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of the poster competition SET for Britain , on Monday 17...

Read more at: Inspired by nature
Inspired by nature

Inspired by nature

10 April 2014

To maximise the efficiency of solar cells of the future, physicists are taking a leaf out of nature’s book

Read more at: Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal, Flexible and Inclusive Way to Grow
Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal, Flexible and Inclusive Way to Grow

Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal, Flexible and Inclusive Way to Grow

10 April 2014

Professor Jaideep Prabhu introduces Jugaad - a way to create good-enough solutions that employ minimal resources

Read more at: Electron ‘spin’ key to solar cell breakthrough
Electron ‘spin’ key to solar cell breakthrough

Electron ‘spin’ key to solar cell breakthrough

10 April 2014

Latest research paves way for inexpensive, high performance cells At the moment, organic solar cells can achieve as much as 12 per cent efficiency in turning light into electricity, compared with 20 to 25 per cent for silicon-based cells. Now, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Washington have discovered...

Read more at: Revolutionary solar cells double as lasers
Revolutionary solar cells double as lasers

Revolutionary solar cells double as lasers

28 March 2014

Latest research finds that the trailblazing ‘perovskite’ material used in solar cells can double up as a laser, strongly suggesting the astonishing efficiency levels already achieved in these cells is only part of the journey. Commercial silicon-based solar cells - such as those seen on the roofs of houses across the...

Read more at: Jan Mertens wins SET for Britain award at event hosted in Parliament
Jan Mertens wins SET for Britain award at event hosted in Parliament

Jan Mertens wins SET for Britain award at event hosted in Parliament

18 March 2014

Winton Scholar, Jan Mertens, wins silver prize for his poster on “Graphene Controls Colour of Plasmonic Nanoantennas” as part of the SET for Britain event in Parliament. Jan presented his physics research to dozens of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of the poster competition SET for Britain , on Monday 17...

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