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Celebrating Women in STEM

11 Feb 2024

To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science , two of our academics speak about their research careers and how they ended up using...

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Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning

15 Jan 2024

Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could...

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“Elegant” algae solution wins Cambridge Zero student Climate Challenge

13 Mar 2023

A team of student entrepreneurs who see algae as a potential business solution for reducing methane emissions from landfill and waste-water sites won...

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New form of ice is like a snapshot of liquid water

02 Feb 2023

A collaboration between scientists at Cambridge and UCL has led to the discovery of a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than...

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The chemist who saved a restaurant and launched a vision for Africa

13 Jan 2022

David Izuogu’s ambition is to establish a research institute in his home country of Nigeria. But he isn’t waiting until he realises his goal to help...

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Miniature grinding mill closes in on the details of ‘green’ chemical reactions

30 Nov 2021

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new approach for observing mechanochemical reactions — where simple ingredients are ground...

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Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding

09 Dec 2020

Five researchers at the University of Cambridge have won consolidator grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premiere funding...

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DBScan analysis being performed a mature neuron in a typical vLUME workspace.

New virtual reality software allows scientists to ‘walk’ inside cells

12 Oct 2020

Virtual reality software which allows researchers to ‘walk’ inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in...

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Computational modelling explains why blues and greens are brightest colours in nature

11 Sep 2020

Researchers have shown why intense, pure red colours in nature are mainly produced by pigments, instead of the structural colour that produces bright...

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Antibody designed to recognise pathogens of Alzheimer’s disease

25 May 2020

Researchers have found a way to design an antibody that can identify the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells – a potential advance in...

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AI learns the language of chemistry to predict how to make medicines

03 Sep 2019

Researchers have designed a machine learning algorithm that predicts the outcome of chemical reactions with much higher accuracy than trained...

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Women in STEM: Josie Gaynord

04 Jul 2019

Josie Gaynord is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry under the supervision of Professor David Spring. Her research looks at one of the...

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