‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car

Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape,

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Nov. 25, 2021 ~5 min

Mystery of high-performing solar cell materials revealed in stunning clarity

Researchers have visualised, for the first time, why perovskites – materials which could replace silicon in next-generation solar cells - are seemingly so

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Nov. 22, 2021 ~4 min


LEDs and smartphone screens could be made from next-generation glass

Cracked and blurry phone screens could someday be a thing of the past, suggests a new study from the University of Cambridge and the University of Queensland,

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Oct. 29, 2021 ~3 min

Cambridge researcher named one of Top 50 Women in Engineering

Dr Sohini Kar-Narayan from Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy has been named one of the top 50 Women in Engineering 2021 by the Women’s

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 23, 2021 ~3 min

Atom swapping could lead to ultra-bright, flexible next generation LEDs

An international group of researchers has developed a new technique that could be used to make more efficient low-cost light-emitting materials that are

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 7, 2021 ~3 min

Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data

Graphene can be used for ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD), with up to a tenfold jump compared to current technologies, researchers at the Cambridge

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 4, 2021 ~4 min

Following atoms in real time could lead to better materials design

Researchers have used a technique similar to MRI to follow the movement of individual atoms in real time as they cluster together to form two-dimensional

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 12, 2021 ~4 min

‘Magnetic graphene’ forms a new kind of magnetism

Researchers have identified a new form of magnetism in so-called magnetic graphene, which could point the way toward understanding superconductivity in this

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Feb. 8, 2021 ~7 min


Magnetic vortices come full circle

The first experimental observation of three-dimensional magnetic ‘vortex rings’ provides fundamental insight into intricate nanoscale structures inside bulk

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Nov. 30, 2020 ~5 min

New green materials could power smart devices using ambient light

Researchers have developed environmentally friendly materials that could harvest enough energy from indoor light to power wireless smart devices.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 17, 2020 ~5 min

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