University of Cambridge

Hot Carrier Trapping in InAs Nanowires for Ultraviolet to Infrared Photodetection

Abstract Semiconducting InAs nanowires are promising building blocks for optoelectronics, but their performance is often complicated by an unusual negative photoconductivity (NPC) originating from surface charge traps. Harnessing the competition between this NPC and conventional...

Spatially resolved multiomics of human meningeal development reveal lineage and disease dynamics

Abstract The meninges are increasingly recognized as key stromal and immune niches supporting cranial development. Here we constructed a paired single-nuclei RNA and Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin atlas of human meningeal development from 6 to 21 postconception weeks...

Decoupled Dielectric Optimization and YbO x Contact Engineering in All‐Spray‐Processed Oxide Thin‐Film Transistors

ABSTRACT Control of dielectric transport and contact energetics remains a central challenge in scalable oxide electronics. We present a decoupled optimization strategy for fully spray‐processed oxide thin‐film transistors with In 2 O 3 :W channels, where dielectric densification...

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) Fast Analysis and Spectroscopy of Transients (FAST) Surveys

Abstract The study of young and fast astronomical transients is often limited by the difficulty of acquiring data, particularly spectra, within hours to days of explosion. Historically, follow-up programmes have rarely obtained spectra until many days after discovery; coupled wit...

Teaching Climate Change and Geography: Towards a Climate Education Pathway

ABSTRACT This is a crucial moment to reflect on climate education. Young people demand and deserve deeper knowledge, skills and understanding of climate change. Following the 2025 English Curriculum and Assessment Review, this commentary reflects on the relationship between geogr...

The security of practical post-selection in Gaussian-modulated continuous-variable quantum key distribution

Abstract Gaussian-modulated coherent-state (GMCS) continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) offers a practical path to quantum-secured communication owing to its compatibility with existing optical fibre networks and use of mature security proofs. Achieving high secre...

Self-interacting dark matter promotes bar formation in disk galaxies

Abstract Despite its remarkable success on large scales, the standard ΛCDM paradigm faces persistent small-scale challenges that have motivated alternative models for the dark sector. Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) offers a compelling possibility, in which dark matter partic...

Host Detection by Cuckoo Bumblebees: Choice Experiments Reveal Non‐Visual Cues Support Host Detection, but Accuracy Is Low

ABSTRACT Cuckoo bumblebees must successfully locate and invade a colony of their host bumblebee species to achieve reproductive success. Past work has established the role of non‐visual cues in guiding cuckoo bumblebee host‐finding behaviour. However, a majority of these studies...

Monotonicity and decompositions of random regular graphs

In this work we establish several monotonicity and decomposition results in the framework of random regular graphs. Among other results, we show that, for a wide range of parameters d1≤d2, there exists a coupling of G(n,d1) and G(n,d2) satisfying that G(n,d1)⊆G(n,d2) with high pr...

Actin conformation dynamics precede force generation in cytotoxic T lymphocytes

Abstract Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are cells of the adaptive immune system that are able to recognise and kill cancerous or virally infected target cells. The biochemical basis of CTL-mediated killing has been examined in great detail. Recent work has underscored the importa...

Exploring the impact of recipe boxes on dietary quality and food agency: a pilot and feasibility randomized controlled trial in households with school-aged children

Abstract Background Preparing and consuming food at home is associated with healthier diets. Recipe box subscriptions may support meal preparation at home while improving dietary quality and cooking skills, reducing time-poverty, and facilitating family cohesion. We are conductin...

Effectiveness of Interventions for Reducing Loneliness Among Adult Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background/Objectives: Loneliness in adult cancer survivors is a frequent and disruptive psychosocial sequela with important consequences for overall health. Psychosocial interventions designed to address this issue are crucial. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to e...

Rewriting the history of the invasive spiny water flea in North America

Introduced species cause significant environmental impacts, making timely detection key for mitigation. The spiny water flea, Bythotrephes longimanus , is considered one of the most ecologically and economically destructive species in North American freshwaters. For decades, mana...

Phase mixing for the Hartree equation and Landau damping in the semiclassical limit

The asymptotic behaviour of the Hartree equation is studied near translation-invariant steady states. For short-range interaction kernels satisfying a uniform Penrose stability condition, including the screened Coulomb interaction, phase-mixing estimates in finite regularity are...

Becoming post-Neolithic: Social Process and Transformation in Southern Italian Deathways

Abstract Models of how the European Neolithic transitioned to the Copper or Bronze Age have often emphasised changes in burial practices, and these changes have traditionally been seen as simple, decisive shifts. In peninsular Italy, this transition is often described in terms of...

Metabolism‐Driven Morphomechanical Transitions in a Steady‐Dynamic Covalent Double Network Living Hydrogel

ABSTRACT Engineered living materials couple living biochemical activity with synthetic chemical networks yet translating biological processes into reversible structural and mechanical remodeling remains challenging. Here, we report a metabolism‐regulated dynamic covalent double n...

The Mysterious Case of Iron in XMPs: Anomalous High log(Fe/O) Observed in Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxies HSCJ1631+4426 and SDSSJ0811+4730

Abstract We present integral field spectroscopic observations of two local extremely metal-poor galaxies (XMPs), HSCJ1631+4426 and SDSSJ0811+4730, obtained with the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) over 3545 − 5529 Ã at a spectral resolution of R ~ 3600, capturing bright nebular emi...

The impact of emotion regulation strategies on experiential and physiological responses to negative emotional videos

Emotion regulation strategies influence how individuals experience and express emotions. Previous work suggests that self-distancing can reduce negative emotional responses, whereas self-immersion can amplify them. This study quantified how these emotion regulation strategies, ap...

Heavenly equations in de Sitter space

A bstract We demonstrate that all anti-self-dual Einstein metrics with non-zero cosmological constant Λ locally arise from solutions of a single second order PDE introduced by Lipstein and Nagy. We show how this equation fits into the heavenly formalism of Plebański, and establis...

Stellar masses of optically dark galaxies: uncertainty introduced by the attenuation law and star-formation histories

Abstract Recent studies using JWST have suggested that some high-redshift galaxies may be ultra-massive, thereby challenging standard models of early galaxy formation. We analyse the stellar masses using different modelling assumptions and in conjunction with new data of three ga...