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Read more at: Otti Croze awarded Royal Society Research Grant
Otti Croze awarded Royal Society Research Grant

Otti Croze awarded Royal Society Research Grant

31 March 2016

Otti Croze has been awarded a £15k Royal Society Research Grant . The grant will allow to purchase industrial photobioreactors from Variconaqua solutions to be sited in the Algae lab in the Physics of Medicine building and at the Algal Innovation Centre in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The project is entitled "...


Read more at: David MacKay knighted in the New Year's Honours 2016

David MacKay knighted in the New Year's Honours 2016

4 January 2016

Professor David MacKay, Regius Professor of Engineering, Cambridge University Engineering Department and Winton International Advisory Board member was knighted in the New Year's Honours 2016 'for services to Scientific Advice in Government and Science Outreach'. Prior to becoming Regius Professor, David served as Chief...


Read more at: Richard Friend awarded 2015 Von Hippel Award

Richard Friend awarded 2015 Von Hippel Award

4 January 2016

Richard Friend was awarded the 2015 Von Hippel Award, which is the Materials Research Society's highest honour, at the MRS Fall Meeting. The annual award is given to an individual in recognition of their outstanding contribution to interdisciplinary research on materials. The award was given for his pioneering research on...


Read more at: Dr Suchitra Sebastian awarded Philip Leverhulme Prize

Dr Suchitra Sebastian awarded Philip Leverhulme Prize

6 November 2015

Philip Leverhulme Prizes recognise the achievement of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising. One of the recipients of the 2015 prize is Dr Suchitra Sebastian, Lecturer at the Cavendish Laboratory and affiliated with the Winton...


Read more at: Entanglement at heart of 'two-for-one' fission in next-generation solar cells
Entanglement at heart of 'two-for-one' fission in next-generation solar cells

Entanglement at heart of 'two-for-one' fission in next-generation solar cells

4 November 2015

An international team of scientists that include Winton Advanced Research Fellows Akshay Rao and Alex Chin and Winton Scholar Sarah Morgan, have observed how a mysterious quantum phenomenon in organic molecules takes place in real time, which could aid in the development of highly efficient solar cells. The researchers...


Read more at: Cavedish Inspiring Women

Cavedish Inspiring Women

16 October 2015

Cavendish inspiring women (CiW) is an initiative started by Winton scholars, Sarah Morgan and Hannah Stern, to bring PhD students and postdocs in the Cavendish Laboratory in contact with inspirational female leaders. The motivation behind the newly formed group is to raise the visibility of successful women, in a bid to...


Read more at: Prospect of improving performance of novel solar cells

Prospect of improving performance of novel solar cells

16 October 2015

Scientist from the University of Cambridge have found that the performance of novel thin film solar cells based on lead-halide perovskite could be further improved, since different parts of these films show different properties. The team lead by Dr. Felix Deschler studied the light emission from thin films of these...


Read more at: Scientists move closer to “two for one deal” on solar cell efficiency
Scientists move closer to “two for one deal” on solar cell efficiency

Scientists move closer to “two for one deal” on solar cell efficiency

25 March 2015

The causes of a hitherto mysterious process that could enhance the power of solar cells have been explained in a new study


Read more at: Suchitra Sebastian at Falling Walls 2014
Suchitra Sebastian at Falling Walls 2014

Suchitra Sebastian at Falling Walls 2014

25 February 2015

Suchitra Sebastian was invited to speak at the prestigious Falling Walls Conference in Berlin 2014. This annual one-day scientific conference coincides with the fall of the Berlin Wall and showcases the research work of international scientists from a wide range of fields. Suchitra’s talk “ Breaking the Wall of Energy Loss...


Read more at: DNA Origami Folding on the Smallest Scale
DNA Origami Folding on the Smallest Scale

DNA Origami Folding on the Smallest Scale

21 January 2015

How do you fold DNA into the shape of a crocodile? Kerstin Göpfrich is a Winton Scholar at the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, researching on DNA origami. DNA origami is the art of folding DNA into three-dimensional nanoscale structures. While smiley faces and various artistic shapes have been created from...


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