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PhD Research Challenges Long-Standing Assumptions on Tyre Wear Emissions

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Image by Nathan Pitt, ©University of Cambridge

Research by Siriel Saladin, a researcher within the Aerosol Science CDT, has been featured in a CDT case study, highlighting his work challenging a widely accepted assumption in air pollution science.

Cambridge scientists uncover how water behaves at the nanoscale

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A handful of water molecules: a top-down view of a nanoscale water droplet trapped between two-dimensional sheets of graphene. Credit: Xavier Rosas Advincula

Scientists at Cambridge have helped resolve a long-standing question about how water behaves when confined to spaces just a few molecules wide, in work that could inform the design of batteries, fuel cells and nanofluidic devices.

The Department congratulates Professor Jonathan Nitschke on receiving ERC Advanced Grant

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Jonathan Nitschke outside the Yusuf Hamied Department of ChemistryTaken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Professor Jonathan Nitschke has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for the proposed project “Large, Dynamic Capsules for Biomolecular Cargoes”.

Three Royal Society of Chemistry Awards for departmental researchers

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From left: Jonathan Nitschke, Angelos Michaelides and Hugo Bronstein.

The Department warmly congratulates Professor Jonathan Nitschke, Professor Angelos Michaelides and Professor Hugo Bronstein on receiving their respective RSC prizes.

Cambridge spinout Nyobolt shows research-to-impact success with $1bn valuation milestone

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Dr Sai Shivareddy (Left), Professor Dame Clare Grey (Right).

Cambridge spinout Nyobolt has raised $60 million in Series C funding at a valuation of over $1 billion, marking a major milestone in the translation of battery research from the University of Cambridge into real-world applications.