Dr Neil Harris and colleagues took part in the prestigious Summer Science Exhibition at the Royal Society in London, which is an annual display for the public of the most exciting new science and technology research from leading UK universities.
Discovery of one of the secrets of Li ion batteries
Jun 27 2014
Hao Liu, Fiona Strobridge and Prof Clare Grey, and coworkers from Argonne National Laboratory have used in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction methods to investigate how Li ion battery electrode materials function at fast charge and discharge rates.
Feltrinelli International Prize awarded to Chris Dobson
Jun 26 2014
The Department is delighted to announce that Chris Dobson has been awarded the 2014 Feltrinelli International Prize by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Tuomas Knowles has been awarded the 2014 British Biophysical Society Young Investigator Medal and Award, and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize for Biological Physics.
The pharmaceutical chemist and philanthropist Dr Yusuf Hamied, who received his PhD from the Department, has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University.
Dr Yusuf Hamied will introduce a screening of the acclaimed documentary "Fire in the Blood" on 17 June from 4 - 6 pm in the Wolfson Theatre of the Department of Chemistry.
