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Michael Levitt

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Peterhouse alumnus

10 Oct 2013

Michael Levitt, who was a PhD student in Peterhouse before gaining a Research Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, has won the 2013 Nobel Prize...

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Image, magnified a million times, of amyloid fibril, the type of protein structures that are formed in Alzheimer’s

Scientists identify molecular trigger for Alzheimer’s disease

21 May 2013

New research establishes nature of malfunction in protein molecules that can lead to onset of dementia.

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Representation of a pyrrole molecule

Movement of pyrrole molecules defy ‘classical’ physics

26 Apr 2013

Quantum laws loom ever larger in physical world as new research finds quantum phenomena in effect on a molecular level

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Quadruplex visualisation and staining in human cell nuclei and chromosomes

Four-stranded ‘quadruple helix’ DNA structure proven to exist in human cells

31 Jan 2013

Discovery opens up possibilities for a new generation of targeted therapies for cancer.

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Lawrence Bragg, Cambridge circa 1913

How a young Cambridge graduate changed the path of modern science

15 Nov 2012

In 1912 a young graduate working in Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory made a breakthrough that represents the birth of x-ray...

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Peter Wothers

Cambridge academic to give Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures

17 Aug 2012

Peter Wothers of the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge will give this year’s Christmas Lectures.

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Fool's Gold (iron pyrite)

A mineral way to catalysis?

10 Feb 2012

Fool’s Gold may prove an unlikely alternative to overexploited catalytic materials.

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Poster in action at the Houses of Parliament

Chemistry in schools comes alive through smartphones

30 Jan 2012

A unique poster that brings flaming elements to life through a smartphone app has been distributed to schools across the UK and further afield as...

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Dr Pete Wothers at the Cambridge Science Festival

Chemistry lovers take the Cambridge challenge

24 Nov 2011

Students in the UK and around the world have put their chemistry skills to the test this year in a new competition supported by the Department of...

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Isaac Newton's Index Chemicus

All is not what it seems: the blurred boundaries between alchemy and medicine

21 Sep 2011

An international conference taking place at Cambridge University later this week will reveal that for many centuries alchemy and medicine were deeply...

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Semiconductor

Pentagonal tiles pave the way towards organic electronics

06 May 2011

New research paves way for next generation of ultra-small electronic devices.

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CO2 fingers - Strong chemical reactions between dissolved carbon dioxide and porous rock (top) may stop CO2 fingers from spreading from the top throughout an aquifer’s depth, in contrast to systems with no reaction (bottom).

Chemistry curbs spreading of carbon dioxide

06 May 2011

The presence of even a simple chemical reaction can delay or prevent the spreading of stored carbon dioxide in underground aquifers, new research...

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