News
Keep up to date with the latest news from the Department of Chemistry.
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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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Scientists report breakthrough in transuranium actinide chemical bonding
16 Feb 2022
Scientists from The University of Manchester have managed to successfully make a transuranium complex where the central metal, here neptunium, forms a...
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Gates Foundation funding for University to develop low cost manufacturing route to the promising COVID-19 therapy Molnupiravir
3 Nov 2021
The University of Manchester has received $500,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a low cost manufacturing route to ...
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£9 million research programme to reinvent chemical separation methods and significantly cut total global energy consumption begins
26 Oct 2021
A £9 million project to develop new chemical processing technology that could save hundreds of millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions ...
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Chinese Government Award for Dr Jingzhen Du
5 Oct 2021
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad awarded to Dr Jingzhen Du, in recognition of his record of outstanding ...
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Professor David Leigh awarded RSE Royal Medal
13 Sep 2021
He is recognised for his pioneering work in methods to control molecular-level dynamics.
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Newly developed evolved enzymes produce renewable isobutene
6 Sep 2021
New research published today details a breakthrough in the creation of evolved enzymes to support a renewable process to make one of the key building ...
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Scientists report breakthrough in actinide metal-metal bonding
23 Aug 2021
Scientists from The University of Manchester have managed to successfully make actinide metals form molecular actinide-actinide bonds for the first ...
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Biotechnology: reaching net zero
12 Jul 2021
On Wednesday ,15 July Professor Nigel Scrutton, Director of the Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub and Professor of Enzymology and Biophysical ...
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Department of Chemistry triumphs at Students' Union and Peer Support Awards
28 Jun 2021
The Department of Chemistry collected a total of four awards.
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University of Manchester teams win seven Royal Society of Chemistry prizes
8 Jun 2021
Three individuals and four teams from The University of Manchester have won prestigious prizes from the Royal Society of Chemistry, celebrating the ...
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MIB postgraduate research group scoop top prize in business competition
1 Jun 2021
Four researchers; PDRAs Oksana Bilyk, Erik Hanko, and Kris Niño Valdehuesa, and PhD student Katherine Baker, from the Takano and Breitling research ...
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Manchester lab develops new, cleaner and faster way to make valuable molecules
29 Apr 2021
Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered a more efficient way to develop valuable chemicals needed for medicines by combining ...
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Professor Nigel Scrutton appointed to BBSRC council
18 Dec 2020
Professor Nigel Scrutton, who heads up the EPSRC-funded UK Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub and the BBSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre ...
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FSE to celebrate Class of 2020 with virtual winter celebrations
14 Dec 2020
The celebrations will recognise the hard work of FSE's Postgraduate Class of 2020.
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Manchester academics recognised at 2021 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
9 Dec 2020
Professor Daniele Leonori, Professor Artem Mishchenko and Dr David Mills are among the Laureates and Finalists of the prestigious awards.
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Using sunlight to transform chemical manufacturing into ‘zero-waste’ industries
11 Nov 2020
Chemical engineers have successfully manipulated carbon nitride to use sunlight to synthesize fluorine-based molecules, which are key building blocks ...
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