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Professor Manos Mavrikakis Gives Linnett Lecture

Prof. Mavrikakis Linnett Lecture taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge.

We are delighted to host Professor Manos Mavrikakis from the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the John Wilfrid Linnett Visiting Professor of Chemistry.


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Professor Steven Lee receives RMS Scientific Achievement Award

Steven Lee in the lab taken by Nathan Pitt, ©University of Cambridge

Professor Steven Lee has been announced a winner of the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) Scientific Achievement Award 2025.


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Electric Fields Transform Water Chemistry, Supercharging its chemical reactions

Graphic of water auto-dissociation © MPI for Polymer Research.

Researchers at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research reveal how electric fields transform water chemistry, enhancing reaction rates and rearranging molecular structures at the atomic level.


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Professor Alex Forse awarded 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize

The Forse Group. Image: Alexander Forse courtesy.

Professor Alex Forse has been awarded a 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize, recognising the outstanding work of the Forse Group in developing innovative materials to tackle climate change.


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Advancement in CO₂ Capture Technology Could Accelerate Climate Action

Zeke Coady holding a piece of carbon material in front of an NMR machine taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge.

Researchers at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, have made a major breakthrough in the fight against climate change published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.


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Breakthrough Imaging Reveals Parkinson’s Protein Clusters in the Brain

The image shows alpha synuclein oligomers (yellow) inside microglia, the immune cells of the brain. These structures have long been hypothesised to exist but not previously directly observed in Parkinson’s disease. Photo credits: TheLeeLab

For the first time, scientists have directly visualised and measured the tiny protein clusters, called alpha-synuclein oligomers, thought to trigger Parkinson’s disease in human brain tissue.