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Scientists develop new way to manufacture structural colour at scale

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A diagram of the film being made and two photos of the roll of film. Courtesy of the Melville Laboratory.

Recent research has revealed a new way to manufacture nature-inspired structural colour continuously and at room temperature, opening the possibility of producing vibrant, never-fading colour on films kilometres long.

Researchers develop new molecules to target cold tumours

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Gonçalo Bernardes taken by Nathan Pitt, ©University of Cambridge

Researchers in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and the University of Basel have developed small molecules that could make cancer immunotherapies more effective against tumours that are typically difficult to treat.

Rebuilding amines: Cambridge chemists develop a new way to remodel molecular structures

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Matthew Gaunt taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge

Chemists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to remodel amines – important chemical structures found in many medicines and biologically active molecules – by changing the connections between their atoms.