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Read more at: Power Cuts spark passion for clean energy revolution

Power Cuts spark passion for clean energy revolution

Sandile Mtetwa, courtesy @University of Cambridge

Oct 20 2022

Final year PhD student, Sandile Mtetwa, experienced a lot of power cuts during her undergraduate years at the University of Zimbabwe, which got her thinking about energy and sustainability.

Read more at: PhD student promotes Black Women in Science network
Tomi Akingbade wearing protective equipment working in the lab

PhD student promotes Black Women in Science network

PhD student Tomi Akingbade runs The Black Women in Science Network.

Oct 20 2022

As an undergraduate at the University of Nottingham in 2018, Oluwatomi Akingbade was keen to meet other Black women in science. Now ‘The Black Women in Science Network’ she founded has over 100 members and is still growing.

Read more at: Rebellious lithium ions must fall in line for next-generation batteries to perform
Alice Merryweather using a fume cupboard

Rebellious lithium ions must fall in line for next-generation batteries to perform

Alice Merryweather using a fume cupboard, Gabriella Bocchetti ©University of Cambridge

Oct 17 2022

Watching how lithium ions move inside a promising new battery material in real-time is an essential step to increasing battery performance and capacity.

Read more at: PhD student tours India for AI outreach

PhD student tours India for AI outreach

Srijit Seal at the Institute for Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology.

Oct 12 2022

PhD student Srijit Seal has recently completed a month-long outreach trip to India, where he presented his work on artificial Intelligence in drug discovery to a number of universities and research institutes.

Read more at: Athena Swan silver award renewed
Two women stand in front of a white board with a poster.

Athena Swan silver award renewed

The IUPAC Global Women's Breakfast in the Cybercafé, Gabriella Bocchetti ©University of Cambridge

Oct 6 2022

We are delighted with the renewal to our Athena Swan silver award which was first granted in April 2016.

Read more at: We are recruiting two new Assistant Professors

We are recruiting two new Assistant Professors

Chemistry Library, Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Oct 3 2022

The Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry is seeking for the following roles: University Assistant Professor - Chemical Biology and University Assistant Professor - Synthetic Organic Chemistry.

Read more at: New way to predict water behaviour
Image of single layer of water with molecules separated

New way to predict water behaviour

A predicted hexatic phase of a single layer of water, courtesy ICE group

Sep 14 2022

Water can be liquid, gas or ice, right? Think again.

Read more at: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Princess Margaret & Lord Todd looking at a model of vitamin B-12 in a black and white photo from 1958.

Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

The Queen's younger sister, Princess Margaret (shown with Lord Todd), opened the new Chemistry Laboratory on Lensfield Road in 1958.

Sep 12 2022

The Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen.

Read more at: AI detects toxic drugs
Pills

AI detects toxic drugs

Pills, John Holman ©University of Cambridge

Aug 24 2022

The Bender group, in collaboration with Uppsala University, has built a machine learning model that takes measurements from human cells and can make predictions about drug safety.

Read more at: New metric to measure ozone recovery
A large balloon holding an instrument about to be launched

New metric to measure ozone recovery

Researchers prepare to launch an instrument measuring ozone depleting substances, Brazil

Aug 24 2022

Scientists here have proposed a comprehensive new way to monitor the international agreement which protects the ozone layer.

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