We are delighted to host Professor Manos Mavrikakis from the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the John Wilfrid Linnett Visiting Professor of Chemistry.
Electric Fields Transform Water Chemistry, Supercharging its chemical reactions
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.
Professor Alex Forse awarded 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
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.
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
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.
