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Nano ‘camera’ made using molecular glue allows real-time monitoring of chemical reactions

Professor Oren Scherman courtesy Chemistry Photography

Researchers here have made a tiny camera, held together with ‘molecular glue’ that allows them to observe chemical reactions in real time.


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Edible hydrogels could replace some plastics

Edible hydrogels, courtesy C. Barty-King

Researchers here have found a way to make a sustainable, edible cellulose gel that changes colour when you press it.


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Dr Stephen Cox awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowship

Courtesy Stephen Cox

Dr Stephen Cox has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship, which will give him the freedom to pursue “interesting, fundamental scientific questions.”


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Climate change will transform cooling effects of volcanic eruptions, study suggests

Simulation of global sulfur gas concentrations courtesy Thomas Aubry, University of Cambridge

Researchers have shown that human-caused climate change will have important consequences for how volcanic gases interact with the atmosphere.


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Lectureship provides long-term stability for synthetic researcher

Dr Robert Phipps, courtesy Nathan Pitt

Congratulations to Dr Robert Phipps, who has been appointed to the position of University Lecturer.


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Cricket returns

Members of the Department cricket team, courtesy Dept of Zoology

After last year’s Covid-imposed hiatus, a number of enthusiastic researchers joined together to play cricket in the University Inter-departmental Cricket League in June and July.


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Team ICE swim, run and cycle for WaterAid

It's a perfect day for postdoc Christoph Schran to cycle in the Castle York triathlon relay

Members of Professor Angelos Michaelides’ ICE research group have been raising funds for WaterAid at a triathlon event at Castle Howard in York.


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PhD student succeeds in cycling competition

Welsh in action, courtesy Julia Allford

PhD student Tim Welsh represented Cambridge University Cycling Club in the National 24-hour Time Trial Championships in July, placing 4th out of a total of 63 competitors on a blisteringly sunny weekend in July.


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Overcoming inequities in research funding

Professor Rachel Oliver, courtesy Nick Saffell

Startling inequities in research funding distribution create a huge, unacknowledged barrier to women in the STEMM subjects, said Professor Rachel Oliver in a departmental webinar in June.


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Climate models reveal effects of ancient eruption

Toba eruption crater

A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago likely caused severe climate disruption in many areas of the globe, but early human populations were sheltered from the worst effects.


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New approach maps the universe of DNA protein interactions in living cells

Light activation of G-quadruplex binding ligands maps interacting proteins

Researchers here have developed a new approach which allows them to identify hundreds of DNA-protein interactions in living cells, in a step toward unravelling their role in cancer cell development.


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Leading battery researcher awarded €1 million Körber Prize

Professor Clare Grey, courtesy Gabriella Bocchetti

Professor Clare Grey of this Department has been awarded the Körber European Science Prize 2021, worth one million euros.


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Early Career Award recognises research protecting honeybees

Dr Chiara Giorio, courtesy Gabriella Bocchetti

Dr Chiara Giorio has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Early Career Award in Environment, Sustainability & Energy for her role in the discovery of how systemic pesticides harm honeybees.  


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Mentors needed for African students

Courtesy ASCU

The success of PhD student David Izuogu’s initiative to help African students apply for postgraduate programmes in Cambridge means more mentors are needed.


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DNA sequencing pioneers awarded Millennium Technology Prize

Professors Klenerman (L) and Balasubramanian, courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography

Professors Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and Sir David Klenerman have been awarded the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize for their development of the technique that revolutionised DNA sequencing.