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Antiaromatic nanocage named 'Molecule of the Year'

Image: courtesy of Masahiro Yamashina

The breakthrough antiaromatic nanocage created by researchers working here has been named 'Molecule of the Year' in a poll by the American Chemical Society's Chemical & Engineering News.


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Women in STEM: Jenny Zhang

Research Fellow Dr Jenny Zhang is the latest researcher to be profiled in the University of Cambridge 'Women in STEM' series.


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The Professor interested in the shape of water

The structure of water – and the molecular-level insights needed to solve some of the world's water problems – is what interests Angelos Michaelides, our new 1968 Professor of Chemistry.


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Five Professors named as 2019 Highly Cited Researchers

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Five of our colleagues have been identified as among the world's most influential researchers by the Web of Science for being most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade.


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Students' anti-counterfeit solution wins entrepreneurship award

Chemistry PhD student David Izuogu is one of a team of researchers whose new anti-counterfeit technology has won them an entrepreneurship award. 


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Scientists build the first nanocage with antiaromatic walls

Researchers working in the Nitschke group here have successfully created the first self-assembled nanocage to have antiaromatic walls.


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Applying for Research Fellowships

Are you a current or prospective postdoc interested in applying for a research fellowship to be held here? If so, the next deadline for submitting an expression of interest is 30 June 2021.


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‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas

Image: Virgil Andrei, Department of Chemistry

A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an 'artificial leaf' that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, researchers here have successfully demonstrated.


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Researcher awarded Leverhulme Prize for international impact

Photo of Silvia Vignolini courtesy Nathan Pitt

Dr Silvia Vignolini has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme prize for her research into bio-inspired optical materials.


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Student works to make education accessible to everyone

Courtesy Nick Saffell

Final-year chemist Shadab Ahmed has been featured in This Cambridge Life for his role as the Cambridge University Student Union Access and Funding Officer. 


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Congratulating the 2019 Nobel Chemistry Laureates

Image of Goodenough's battery: ©Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

"I am delighted the Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded this year to three exceptional battery scientists," says our colleague Professor Clare Grey.


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Graduate student recognised for innovative research

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Congratulations to Aaron Trowbridge, a recent graduate student of ours, who was named this week as a winner of the prestigious Reaxys PhD Prize 2019 for the research he conducted here.


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Welcoming two new members of staff

Image: Department of Chemistry Photography

We are welcoming two alumni – Alex Forse and Alex Thom – who have just become members of our academic staff.


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Meet Haydn Francis, Battery Researcher

Image: courtesy of the Faraday Institution

Meet PhD student Haydn Francis. He is just starting the second year of his research project here into new technologies that could slow the degradation of electric vehicle batteries.


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Let's Brew This

Courtesy Department of Chemistry

Chemists consumed coffee and cake today as part of The World's Biggest Coffee Morning, raising £348 for Macmillan Cancer Support.