Professor Dominic Wright was our postgraduate students’ choice for Outstanding Supervisor this year.

Plant cell walls are made of cellulose fibres laid down on top of each other like plywood. In many cells, each layer is laid down with a twist from the one before - but why?

Researchers from the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape, even though it’s 80% water.

Scientists have developed a new approach for observing mechanochemical reactions, which could be used when making new compounds and materials potentially suitable for many industries.

Researchers here have created a model which can describe and predict how biomolecules self-organise into compartments inside living cells, leading the way towards a better understanding of the causes of some neurodegenerative diseases and cancers.

Researchers here have developed a sustainable, plastic-free glitter for use in the cosmetics industry – and it’s made from the cellulose found in plants, fruits, vegetables and wood pulp.

Fourth-year PhD student David Izuogu has been awarded the Dr Amit Bhasin Prize for his outstanding achievements.

The University Chemical Society, better known as ChemSoc, started Michaelmas term with a figurative bang by recruiting a Nobel laureate to speak.

It is with sadness that we announce that Dr Peter Knewstubb has died at the age of 91.

For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer’s disease and found that it develops in a very different way than previously thought.

A new approach to measuring how internal forces affect biomolecules has increased understanding of, and perhaps even the ability to influence, the behaviour of therapeutic antibodies.

Researchers here have developed a single-step method to synthesise a molecular structure important in drug discovery, which will dramatically speed the search for new drug therapies for pain, neurological disorders and opioid addiction.

A new strategy to enable molecular simulations of complex systems has opened the door to a better understanding of complex materials.

Professors Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman have been awarded the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - the world's largest science prize.

Dr Anja Schmidt has been recognised by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by an outstanding early career scientist.