School of the Physical Sciences
About this community
The School of the Physical Sciences is one of six Schools making up the academic work of the University. It covers Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth Science, Geography, Materials Science and Metallurgy, Mathematics and Physics. The School’s aim is to contribute to our understanding of the physical world through excellence in observational, theoretical and experimental science and to extend quantitative, qualitative and combined methodologies to address problems in the fields of biology, technology, medicine, social science and the humanities. In pursuit of these goals, the School coordinates objectives in research, teaching, and infrastructure.
Find out more about the School of the Physical Sciences at http://www.physsci.cam.ac.uk/.
Sub-communities within this community
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Cambridge eScience Centre (CeSC)
Part of the Centre for Scientific Computing; aims to coordinate and maintain CamGrid, to enable new scientific advances by using novel computing paradigms, and to develop new generic Grid-based tools -
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP)
Carries out research of world-class excellence in a broad range of subjects across applied mathematics and theoretical physics -
Department of Earth Sciences
Research across the whole spectrum of the Earth Sciences, including the areas of Geophysics, Geochemistry, Mineral Sciences, Petrology, Palaeontology, Vulcanism, Marine Sciences, and Palaeoceanography -
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Includes research in the field of biomedical materials, in parallel with historically strong activities in the development of structural materials and processes, and of device materials
Recent Submissions
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The Pleistocene History of the Birmingham District
(2019-07-19)The Birmingham district in the West Midlands of England contains a complex sequence of Middle to Late Pleistocene sediments attributed to at least three lowland glaciations (Anglian, Wolstonian, and Devensian) as well as ... -
Analysis and modelling of the dislocation response during non-isothermal creep in Ni-SX superalloys
(2019-10-26)Nickel-based single-crystal superalloys are commonly used as the material of choice for turbine blades in modern aircrafts. The temperatures and stresses in the turbine are subject to continuous change during in-flight ... -
Tuning Spin Currents with Ultrathin Heavy Metal Microstructure
(2019-07-19)All-metallic spintronic heterostructures have the ability to generate pure spin currents at low resistance-area products via spin-orbit coupling. Heavy metal/ferromagnet (HM/NM) bilayers are often used in this context to ... -
Experimental and Theoretical Study of Carbon Dynamics in an Algal-Bacterial Co-Culture
(2019-10-26)Microbial communities are an important component of biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems across our planet. Photosynthetic phytoplankton perform carbon fixation, converting carbon dioxide into organic molecules. Some of ...
