Cambridge spinout Nyobolt shows research-to-impact success with $1bn valuation milestone
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.
Cambridge scientists win 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for DNA sequencing breakthrough
From left Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian, Prof. Pascal Mayer, and Prof. David Klenerman. Image credit: Michael Webb, Photography and Reprographics, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.
Prof. Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, Prof. Sir David Klenerman, and French biophysicist Prof. Pascal Mayer have been awarded the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research for their work that transformed DNA sequencing.
In Memoriam: Professor Ruth Lynden-Bell (1937–2026)
Gabriella Brocchetti @University of Cambridge
It is with deep sadness that the Department announces the death of Professor Ruth Lynden-Bell, Professor Emerita of Queen’s University Belfast, an alumna of the Department and a long-standing visiting professor.
Chemistry PhD Andrea Rogolino Wins Gold at UK Parliament
Andrea Rogolino on the right. Image, courtesy of STEM For Britain
Andrea Rogolino, a final-year PhD student in the Reisner group, attended Parliament to present his chemistry research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges as part of the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee’s STEM for BRITAIN on 17 March.
The Department is pleased to announce that Emeritus Professor Daan Frenkel ForMemRS is the latest recipient of the Tomassoni-Chisesi Physics Prize, an international award recognising outstanding achievements in physics – officially recorded in 2024 due to administrative delays.
Turning Plastic Waste into Clean Hydrogen Using Battery Acid
Erwin Reisner and Kay Kwarteng with the reactor. Image courtesy by Beverly Low.
The Reisner Group have developed a solar-powered reactor that can break down plastics that are classically hard to recycle using acid recovered from used car batteries to produce clean hydrogen fuel.
