Cavendish Laboratory been influential include:- the laboratory is headed by Andy Parker and the Cavendish Professor of Physics is Sir Richard Friend. senior academic staff (Professors or Readers) include: The Cavendish is home to a number of emeritus scientists, pursuing their research interests in the laboratory after their formal retirement. Besides the Nobel Laureates, the Cavendish has many distinguished alumni including: Cavendish Laboratory The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the School of Physical Sciences. The laboratory was opened in 1874 on the New Museums Site as a laboratory for experimental physics.
University of Coimbra being among Portugal's most international universities. The University of Coimbra is among the major science and technology hubs for applied and fundamental research in Portugal. One of the most powerful supercomputers in Portugal belongs to the University of Coimbra and is managed by the Laboratory for Advanced Computing of the Department of Physics at the University of Coimbra. Built in the mid 2000s, the supercomputer was called "Milipeia", using 528 processors and 1000 GB of memory. Its capacity has been expanded since then. The main tasks of the university's supercomputer include modeling and calculus in molecular biology, genetics, particle physics,