Printed electronic test circuit manufactured on a flexible plastic substrate at the Cavendish Laboratory,  ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge

Plastic electronics: a neat solution

09 April 2012

A breakthrough in the development of a new generation of plastic electronic circuits by researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory brings flexible and transparent intelligent materials – such as artificial skin and interactive playing cards - a step closer.

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Image-guided intensity modulated RT plan for a patient with a spinal  tumour.  ̽»¨Ö±²¥radiation dose is shaped away from the kidneys (yellow  outlines) and the spinal nerve roots (inside the green outline).  ̽»¨Ö±²¥colour wash represents radiation dose

Project to improve radiotherapy planning

30 January 2012

A collaborative project between physicists, oncologists and computer scientists at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, launched last month, will develop improved tools for the planning of high precision radiotherapy. Accel-RT will also help overcome time constraints that currently limit the use of complex radiotherapy treatment.

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Buttercup under chin

Why buttercups reflect yellow on chins

14 December 2011

Scientists discover why buttercups reflect yellow on chins – and it doesn’t have anything to do with whether you like butter. ̽»¨Ö±²¥new research sheds light on children’s game and provides insight into pollination.

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Circuit board

̽»¨Ö±²¥next generation of computing

04 July 2011

Progress in electronics has relied heavily on reducing the size of the transistor to create small, powerful computers. Now spintronics, hailed as the successor to the transistor, looks set to transform the field.

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King's College Cambridge

Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of the Royal Society

15 May 2009

Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are Cambridge academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises their exceptional contributions to society. As Fellows of the UK's national academy of science, these leaders in the fields of science, engineering and medicine join other famous Cambridge names such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking.

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