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Read more at: Professor Daan Frenkel awarded Boltzmann medal

Professor Daan Frenkel awarded Boltzmann medal

Image courtesy Nathan Pitt, Department of Chemistry.

Jan 29 2016

Professor Daan Frenkel has been awarded the Boltzmann Medal for 2016, the most important prize awarded in the field of statistical mechanics.

Read more at: How many ways can you arrange 128 tennis balls?

How many ways can you arrange 128 tennis balls?

Image of authors courtesy Nathan Pitt, Department of Chemistry

Jan 28 2016

A bewildering physics problem has apparently been solved by a team of researchers led by a group of theoretical chemists in the Department of Chemistry.

Read more at: 2016 Linnett Lecturer to visit department

2016 Linnett Lecturer to visit department

Marcus Halevi

Jan 25 2016

The 2016 Linnett Lecturer, Harvard Professor Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, will visit the department from 16th - 19th February.

Read more at: 4th UK Solar Fuels Symposium

4th UK Solar Fuels Symposium

Delegates at the the 4th Solar Fuels Symposium

Jan 22 2016

Dr Erwin Reisner  and Dr Junwang Tang co-chaired the 4th UK Solar Fuels Symposium in collaboration with the Solar Fuels Network (SFN) at St John’s College’s School of Divinity. 

Read more at: Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technologies Competition now open

Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technologies Competition now open

2015 winner Andrew Marsden/Image RSC; MPP Image Creation

Jan 19 2016

The Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technologies competition is an annual innovation initiative, turning promising ideas into commercial reality.

Read more at: NERC CAST project results published in Nature Communications

NERC CAST project results published in Nature Communications

Image courtesy of Loretta Kuo/Shawn Honomichi

Jan 13 2016

A US/UK campaign looking at the remote tropical atmosphere over the West Pacific has produced exciting insights into the effects of biomass burning on its composition, and the role of the burning of forests and vegetation in climate change.

Read more at: Rotary Club raises over £37,000 from charity car park scheme

Rotary Club raises over £37,000 from charity car park scheme

Image courtesy Cambridge Rotary Club South

Jan 11 2016

The Rotary Club of Cambridge South has raised over £37,000 for local charities through its charity car parking scheme this year, of which over £6,000 has come from the Chemistry site.  

Read more at: Andrew Marsden and Immaterial win postdoc business plan competition

Andrew Marsden and Immaterial win postdoc business plan competition

Image courtesy Cambridge Enterprise

Jan 5 2016

Chemistry graduate student Andrew Marsden accepted first prize on behalf of his team at Immaterial in the postdoc business plan competition in December.

Read more at: Professor Melinda Duer in CAM

Professor Melinda Duer in CAM

Image courtesy Melinda Duer

Jan 5 2016

Professor Melinda Duer has been featured in Issue 76 of CAM, the Cambridge alumni magazine.

Read more at: Nature Inspired Manufacturing Workshop

Nature Inspired Manufacturing Workshop

Images courtesy Nathan Pitt.

Jan 5 2016

The Department of Chemistry hosted a two-day Nature Inspired Manufacturing workshop in December.

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