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Read more at: Molecular 'Transformers' change shape on demand

Molecular 'Transformers' change shape on demand

Jul 24 2018

Reseachers here have developed molecular 'Transformers' ten thousand times smaller than a human hair that change shape on command. 

Read more at: Department researchers detect early signs of ozone recovery

Department researchers detect early signs of ozone recovery

Courtesy Dr James Keeble

Jul 23 2018

Researchers in the department’s Centre for Atmospheric Science have used coupled chemistry-climate model simulations to confirm that the world is making “progress on the road to ozone recovery.”

Read more at: Inventors of Next Generation Sequencing honoured by Royal Society

Inventors of Next Generation Sequencing honoured by Royal Society

Courtesy Royal Society

Jul 19 2018

The Royal Society has awarded one of its highest honours jointly to Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman, for their development of next generation DNA sequencing.

Read more at: Royal Society honours researcher's 'pioneering leadership'

Royal Society honours researcher's 'pioneering leadership'

Jul 19 2018

The Royal Society's prestigious Davy Medal goes this year to an atmospheric chemist who has shown "pioneering leadership" in furthering our understanding of the depletion of the ozone layer and the substances that destroy it.

Read more at: Chemistry announces new Head of Department

Chemistry announces new Head of Department

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Jul 18 2018

The department is pleased to announce that Dr James Keeler is to be our new Head of Department. He will succeed the outgoing Head, Professor John Pyle, as from 1 October.

Read more at: Simple blood test kit for kidney patients moves closer

Simple blood test kit for kidney patients moves closer

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Jul 3 2018

A simple home blood-testing kit to help kidney patients check that their potassium levels are not dangerously high or low is being developed by a scientist here.

Read more at: Optimising self-assembling molecular structures for use in diagnostics

Optimising self-assembling molecular structures for use in diagnostics

Jun 22 2018

Researchers probing the mysteries of how DNA molecules can self-assemble into complex structures have found ways of tuning the assembly process to make it more efficient and significantly faster.

Read more at: Researchers join new initiative on urban air pollution

Researchers join new initiative on urban air pollution

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Jun 21 2018

Researchers here are part of a cutting-edge new project unveiled by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan today to better understand Londoners’ exposure to air pollution and improve air quality in the capital.

Read more at: Moving into our new Chemistry of Health building

Moving into our new Chemistry of Health building

Jun 18 2018

Researchers are now moving into our new Chemistry of Health building – a state-of-the-art space for the study of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases – which is just being completed.

Read more at: Scientists unravel molecular mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease

Scientists unravel molecular mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease

Jun 12 2018

Detailed brain cell analysis has helped a group of researchers - including scientists here in the Department of Chemistry - uncover new mechanisms thought to underlie Parkinson's disease.

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