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Read more at: Paymaster General visits Cambridge to see success of EU research funding
Erwin Reisner and Nick Thomas-Symonds MP.

Paymaster General visits Cambridge to see success of EU research funding

Erwin Reisner and Nick Thomas-Symonds MP.

Mar 19 2025

Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, the Paymaster General and Minister with responsibility for EU relations, visited Cambridge on Thursday 13 March. 

Read more at: Breaking the surface: how damage reshapes ripples in graphene
Small holes in an orange digital representation of a sheet of graphene.

Breaking the surface: how damage reshapes ripples in graphene

Defects in a flexible sheet, courtesy Dr Camille Scalliet.

Feb 27 2025

Scientists discover how defects in the surface of two-dimensional sheets alter ripple effects, even freezing the sheet’s motion altogether.

Read more at: Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ produce clean fuels
Left: the reactor. Right: a digital rendering of the copper nanoflowers on a tree.

Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ produce clean fuels

Solar fuel generator courtesy of Virgil Andrei.

Feb 24 2025

Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and manufacturing.

Read more at: Working in the dark
Leila Nahidiazar & Jonathan Breiter

Working in the dark

Leila Nahidiazar & Jonathan Breiter taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge

Feb 17 2025

Interviewer Dr Leila Nahidiazar delves into Parkinson's disease research. She interviews PhD student Jonathan Breiter who works in the Vendruscolo and Lee labs to find out what it's like to be an expat and why exactly he works in the dark.

Read more at: Three stories of success through Widening Participation
Zedric Grosvenor at his computer.

Three stories of success through Widening Participation

Zedric Grosvenor taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Feb 10 2025

The department has awarded three PhD studentships in a pilot Widening Participation scheme aimed at tackling the under-representation of certain groups in Chemistry and in the University.

Read more at: Exploring new frontiers: Our summer students part 2
Katie Beken at the lab.

Exploring new frontiers: Our summer students part 2

Katie Beken taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge

Feb 3 2025

Meet the rest of our summer students who finished eight-week project in a research group in our department

Read more at: A summer season: insights from our research students
Tom Peretz in the lab.

A summer season: insights from our research students

Tom Peretz taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Jan 28 2025

Meet this year’s summer interns, who each completed an eight-week project in a research group, thanks to generous donors Wyn Lewis-Bevan (Churchill 1979), donors to our Chemistry@Cambridge Opportunity Fund, and the EPSRC.

Read more at: A catalyst for a greener future
Leah Webster operates an NMR machine.

A catalyst for a greener future

Leah Webster C@C taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge

Jan 22 2025

Dr Leah Webster is developing catalysts for a more sustainable future.

Read more at: One year, many milestones: Progress developing sustainable catalysts
Ruth Webster in an NMR laboratory

One year, many milestones: Progress developing sustainable catalysts

Ruth Webster in the NMR laboratory taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Jan 15 2025

It’s been a year since Dr Ruth Webster and her group came to our department from the University of Bath. Discover Ruth’s mission is to find sustainable catalysts that speed up essential chemical reactions.

Read more at: Realising the hidden value of plastics
Erwin Reisner addresses a lecture theatre

Realising the hidden value of plastics

Erwin Reisner delivering his talk: Capturing Sunlight for a Sustainable Future taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge

Jan 10 2025

Recycling plastic waste is difficult and often unprofitable. Reisner group spinout Protonera has the perfect solution. 

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