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PhD Students recognised for excellence in teaching and learning support

13 May 2021

First PhD students to achieve the status of ‘Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy’ (AFHEA)

Bernard Schutz

Fellowship for pioneer of gravitational wave astronomy

10 May 2021

Professor Bernard Schutz is made a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Report highlights CS cluster’s resilience

22 April 2021

Welsh Economic Research Unit evaluates economic baseline.

‘SMART expertise’ supports growing semiconductor cluster

1 April 2021

Project delivers compound semiconductor (CS) laser devices

Samuel Shutts

Funding secured to develop next generation laser technology

10 March 2021

Cardiff set to break new ground in the development of compound semiconductor lasers

Cardiff physicist picks up prestigious international award

2 March 2021

Dr Cosimo Inserra wins the MERAC Prize for the Best Early Career Researcher in Observational Astrophysics.

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Portrait of young galaxy throws theory of galaxy formation on its head

11 February 2021

Scientists from Cardiff University peer 12 billion years into the past to reveal distant galaxy with an unexpected appearance

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Cardiff scientists to lead hunt for dark matter

13 January 2021

New £5m project will use state-of-the-art quantum technology to track down the Universe’s most mysterious material and try to shed new light on the nature of space-time

SEDIGISM survey image

Scientists peer into the 3D structure of the Milky Way

3 December 2020

Survey of the sky pushes the boundaries of what we know about the structure of our galaxy

Atomic resolution image of metal oxide catalyst and elemental mapping

Award drives collaboration across Research Hub

17 November 2020

Electron microscopy expands capability