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Research

The School is internationally renowned for the quality of its research as evidenced by the success in the 2008 RAE exercise, with 3 departments occupying first positions in the Times Higher Education rating and all within the first four. There is an exceptionally broad spectrum of science ranging from atmospheric science through to palaeontology and theoretical physics, from astrophysics through to materials chemistry and mathematical biology. The School aims to maintain a powerful presence in the traditional core areas of the physical sciences and mathematics while at the same time embracing new and challenging areas such as Nanoscience and strongly encouraging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work. The School’s Departments house world-class research facilities and new capital developments such as the Kavli Institute of Cosmology and the Physics of Medicine buildings (both located on the west Cambridge Campus) signal our intent to remain at the forefront of research.

Further information about research undertaken in the School can be found on Departmental websites and to find out about research activities within the University please read the latest issue of Research Horizons.

Some examples of the research undertaken within the School can be found by accessing the following links:

• Energy Research in Cambridge
• Physics of Living Matter
• Cambridge Environment Inititiatives
• Centre for Theoretical Cosmology
• Centre for Atmospheric Science
• Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis
• Scott Polar Research Institute
• Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
• Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials
• Atomic, Mesoscopic and Optical Physics Group
• Centre for Scientific Computing

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