Research breakthrough provides alternative to single-use plastics
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Researchers from this Department have developed a method to create a compostable plant-based plastic-like material that’s as robust as engineering plastics.
Animal models reveal compound found in peppers may suppress brain cancer
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An international team of researchers has confirmed through animal studies that a chemical compound found in the Indian Long Pepper can suppress the growth of glioblastoma, one of the least treatable types of brain cancer.
ERC Advanced Grants will support long-term research
Professors Hunter and Duer, courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography
Congratulations to Professors Melinda Duer and Chris Hunter, who have each won advanced grants from the European Research Council, Europe's premier research funding body.
Research on condensates has insights for drug development
New research from the Knowles and Collepardo labs has implications for therapies against cancer and other diseases, and could even contribute to theories about the origin of life.
One of Fahmida's drawings - Fahmida loves the combination of art and science
Fourth-year PhD student Fahmida Khan loves the Renaissance, that period of European history when philosophy, literature, and the natural sciences blossomed, and art was transformed through the application of new scientific knowledge.
It is with sadness that we announced that Professor David Buckingham CBE FRS FAA has died at the age of 91, peacefully at home surrounded by members of his family.
As Professor of Chemical and Molecular Biology in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Professor Sophie Jackson's research involves protein folding and peptide aggregation at the interface of chemistry and biological science.
