Giant 'quantum twisters' may form in liquid light
New mechanism found for generating giant vortices in quantum fluids of light.
March 5, 2021 • ~5 min
Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding
Five researchers at the University of Cambridge have won consolidator grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premiere funding organisation
Dec. 9, 2020 • ~2 min
Computational modelling explains why blues and greens are brightest colours in nature
Researchers have shown why intense, pure red colours in nature are mainly produced by pigments, instead of the structural colour that produces bright blue and
Sept. 11, 2020 • ~3 min
New augmented reality head-mounted display offers unrivalled viewing experience
Cambridge engineers have developed a new augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display (HMD) that delivers a realistic 3D viewing experience, without the commonly associated side effects of nausea or eyestrain.
Sept. 22, 2019 • ~3 min
Smallest pixels ever created could light up colour-changing buildings
The smallest pixels yet created – a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold – could be used for new types of large-scale flexible displays, big enough to cover entire buildings.
May 10, 2019 • ~3 min
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