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Read more at: Electric Fields Transform Water Chemistry, Supercharging its chemical reactions
Graphic of water auto-dissociation.

Electric Fields Transform Water Chemistry, Supercharging its chemical reactions

Graphic of water auto-dissociation © MPI for Polymer Research.

Oct 22 2025

Researchers at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research reveal how electric fields transform water chemistry, enhancing reaction rates and rearranging molecular structures at the atomic level.

Read more at: Professor Alex Forse awarded 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
The Forse Group

Professor Alex Forse awarded 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize

The Forse Group. Image: Alexander Forse courtesy.

Oct 20 2025

Professor Alex Forse has been awarded a 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize, recognising the outstanding work of the Forse Group in developing innovative materials to tackle climate change.

Read more at: Advancement in CO₂ Capture Technology Could Accelerate Climate Action
Zeke Coady holding a piece or cardbon material in front of an NMR machine.

Advancement in CO₂ Capture Technology Could Accelerate Climate Action

Zeke Coady holding a piece of carbon material in front of an NMR machine taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge.

Oct 6 2025

Researchers at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, have made a major breakthrough in the fight against climate change published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Read more at: Breakthrough Imaging Reveals Parkinson’s Protein Clusters in the Brain
Alpha-synuclein oligomers (yellow) inside microglia, the brain’s immune cells

Breakthrough Imaging Reveals Parkinson’s Protein Clusters in the Brain

The image shows alpha synuclein oligomers (yellow) inside microglia, the immune cells of the brain. These structures have long been hypothesised to exist but not previously directly observed in Parkinson’s disease. Photo credits: TheLeeLab

Oct 2 2025

For the first time, scientists have directly visualised and measured the tiny protein clusters, called alpha-synuclein oligomers, thought to trigger Parkinson’s disease in human brain tissue.

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