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Keep up to date with the latest news from the Department of Chemistry.
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Manchester researchers help secure £49.35m to boost mass spectrometry research
28 Mar 2024
Scientists at The University of Manchester have supported a successful bid for a new distributed research and innovation infrastructure aimed at ...
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The University of Manchester awarded nearly £7 million to advance UK's engineering biology initiatives
13 Feb 2024
Today, researchers from The University of Manchester have been named as recipients of nearly £7m funding from UKRI’s Engineering Biology Hubs and ...
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Scientists develop new biocontainment method for industrial organisms
5 Feb 2024
Researchers in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) at The University of Manchester have developed a new biocontainment method for limiting...
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Manchester professors honoured in 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
17 Jan 2024
Two University of Manchester professors have been recognised in the prestigious 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.
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The University of Manchester and Shell partner to bring more sustainable chemical manufacturing to market
29 Nov 2023
The University of Manchester (UoM) and Shell Research Limited (Shell) have come together in a Prosperity Partnership worth over £9 million to find ...
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The University of Manchester’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Industrial Biotechnology hits 100,000 learners
24 Nov 2023
The University of Manchester's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in industrial biotechnology has hit 100,000 learners. The course, launched in 2017 on...
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University spinout secures funding for next phase of Luminspheres™ reservoir surveillance project
19 Oct 2023
University of Manchester spinout company Chromition has received support from the Shell GameChanger programme to progress to the next phase of the ...
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Two innovative research teams win Royal Society of Chemistry’s prestigious Horizon Prizes
13 Jun 2023
The Enzyme Discovery team won the Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prize: Rita and John Cornforth Award, while the Molecular Ratcheteers team won ...
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Manchester research captures and separates important toxic air pollutant
24 Feb 2023
Led by scientists at The University of Manchester, a series of new stable, porous materials that capture and separate benzene have been developed.
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Building a new sustainable hub for chemical engineering
1 Aug 2022
The University of Manchester is building an Industrial Hub for Sustainable Chemical Engineering with a £1m grant from the Wolfson Foundation.
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First RAF drone flight using a synthetic fuel
14 Jun 2022
MIB spin-out company, C3 BIOTECH, in collaboration with the Royal Air Force and the US Navy, have successfully flown a drone using synthetic kerosene.
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Trio of Manchester scientists win Royal Society of Chemistry prizes
7 Jun 2022
Three scientists from The University of Manchester have been awarded with prestigious prizes by The Royal Society of Chemistry for their research. ...
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Manchester spinout Chromition announces Shell Luminspheres reservoir surveillance agreement
26 May 2022
Chromition will design, prepare and test Luminspheres tracers specifically for use in Shell's reservoir environments.
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