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Learning to use AI to help solve Alzheimer's disease

PhD student Ryan Geiser was inspired to research Alzheimer's disease

Dec 12 2022

Just weeks before losing his grandfather to Alzheimer’s, Ryan Geiser took a genetic test that showed he had a slightly increased risk of developing the same debilitating disease.

Alice Merryweather wearing yellow cardigan working on wiring

New technique illuminates the inside of batteries

PhD student Alice Merryweather is a member of the Faraday battery project team

Dec 12 2022

A new, low-cost technique for measuring energy storage inside operating batteries should speed up the development of next-generation battery materials.

The team members sitting by the instrument looking at camera

Artificial leaf array recognised in solar fuel competition

The Cambridge team and their artificial leaf array

Dec 1 2022

A team of University of Cambridge researchers have reached the final of the EU "Fuel from the Sun" competition with their artificial leaf array which converts sunlight to solar fuel.

Professor Silvia Vignolini sitting at desk and smiling at camera

Vignolini awarded prestigious Emerging Technology Chair

Professor Silvia Vignolini, courtesy @ChemistryPhotography

Dec 1 2022

Professor of Chemistry and Bio-materials Silvia Vignolini has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies worth £2.5 million.

A group of five prizewinners on the stage at the Symposium

Prize recognises students’ research

The prize winners take the stage at the Symposium, courtesy Philip Murray

Nov 23 2022

Two postgraduates in the Gaunt group were recognised for their outstanding research posters at the Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Science Symposium in November.

The five student winners standing in a group facing camera

Students awarded prestigious AI research grant

From left: Matt Greenig, Srijit Seal, Elsa Lawrence, Adham El-Shazly and Chaitanya K Joshi

Nov 16 2022

Two students from our Department, with colleagues in Computer Science, Philosophy and Pharmacology, have been awarded a grant to investigate the application of artificial intelligence in biological discovery.

Sparxell's sustainable pigments win 1st prize

Some of Sparxell's vivid pigments, courtesy Chemistry Photography

Nov 14 2022

Chemistry spin-out Sparxell has been awarded first prize at the Chris Abell Business Plan competition.

Robert Glen sitting at desk smiling at camera

We are searching for our next Unilever Professor

Searching to fill the role of Robert Glen, who retired in 2020, courtesy Chemistry

Nov 2 2022

Help us attract as diverse a field as possible for the Unilever Professorship of Molecular Sciences Informatics.

Prof Michaelides standing next to a bookcase holding an open book

10 Million Euros for Nanoscale Water Research

1968 Professor of Chemistry Angelos Michalides, courtesy Chemistry Photography

Oct 24 2022

An international team jointly led by 1968 Professor of Chemistry Angelos Michaelides has received a €10 million grant to better understand water that’s confined to nanometre dimensions.

Head and shoulders image of Daan Frenkel

Frenkel recognised for influential research

Oct 24 2022

Emeritus Professor Daan Frenkel has been awarded the 2022 Institute of Physics Sam Edwards Medal and Prize.

Learning to use AI to help solve Alzheimer's disease

New technique illuminates the inside of batteries

Artificial leaf array recognised in solar fuel competition

Vignolini awarded prestigious Emerging Technology Chair

Prize recognises students’ research

Students awarded prestigious AI research grant

Sparxell's sustainable pigments win 1st prize

We are searching for our next Unilever Professor

10 Million Euros for Nanoscale Water Research

Frenkel recognised for influential research

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