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Read more at: Students' anti-counterfeit solution wins entrepreneurship award

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. 


Read more at: Scientists build the first nanocage with antiaromatic walls

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.


Read more at: ‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas

‘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.


Read more at: Student works to make education accessible to everyone

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. 


Read more at: Researcher awarded Leverhulme Prize for international impact

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.


Read more at: Congratulating the 2019 Nobel Chemistry Laureates

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.


Read more at: Graduate student recognised for innovative research

Graduate student recognised for innovative research

Image: courtesy of Elsevier

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.


Read more at: Welcoming two new members of staff

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.


Read more at: Meet Haydn Francis, Battery Researcher

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.


Read more at: Let's Brew This

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.