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Gonçalo Bernardes awarded ERC Starting Grant

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Dr Gonçalo Bernardes has been awarded a European Research Council starting grant, designed for talented young research leaders.


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BP (1702) Professorship of Chemistry applications open

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The department is inviting applications for the prestigious BP (1702) Professorship of Chemistry.


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L'Oréal-UNESCO Fellowships for Women in Science now open

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The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Fellowships Programme for 2016 is now open for applications. 


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Polar stratospheric clouds appear over Cambridge

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Polar stratospheric clouds made a rare appearance over the skies of Cambridge on Monday 1 February.


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Professor Daan Frenkel awarded Boltzmann medal

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Professor Daan Frenkel has been awarded the Boltzmann Medal for 2016, the most important prize awarded in the field of statistical mechanics.


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How many ways can you arrange 128 tennis balls?

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A bewildering physics problem has apparently been solved by a team of researchers led by a group of theoretical chemists in the Department of Chemistry.


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2016 Linnett Lecturer to visit department

Marcus Halevi

The 2016 Linnett Lecturer, Harvard Professor Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, will visit the department from 16th - 19th February.


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4th UK Solar Fuels Symposium

Delegates at the the 4th Solar Fuels Symposium

Dr Erwin Reisner  and Dr Junwang Tang co-chaired the 4th UK Solar Fuels Symposium in collaboration with the Solar Fuels Network (SFN) at St John’s College’s School of Divinity. 


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Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technologies Competition now open

2015 winner Andrew Marsden/Image RSC; MPP Image Creation

The Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technologies competition is an annual innovation initiative, turning promising ideas into commercial reality.


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NERC CAST project results published in Nature Communications

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A US/UK campaign looking at the remote tropical atmosphere over the West Pacific has produced exciting insights into the effects of biomass burning on its composition, and the role of the burning of forests and vegetation in climate change.


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Rotary Club raises over £37,000 from charity car park scheme

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The Rotary Club of Cambridge South has raised over £37,000 for local charities through its charity car parking scheme this year, of which over £6,000 has come from the Chemistry site.  


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Andrew Marsden and Immaterial win postdoc business plan competition

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Chemistry graduate student Andrew Marsden accepted first prize on behalf of his team at Immaterial in the postdoc business plan competition in December.


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Nature Inspired Manufacturing Workshop

Images courtesy Nathan Pitt.

The Department of Chemistry hosted a two-day Nature Inspired Manufacturing workshop in December.


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Royal Society of Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium

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The department hosted the 9th Royal Society of Chemistry Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium on 11 December 2015.


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Professor Melinda Duer in CAM

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Professor Melinda Duer has been featured in Issue 76 of CAM, the Cambridge alumni magazine.