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Read more at: Enterprising Minds: Taking care of mental health through faster diagnosis and treatment
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Enterprising Minds: Taking care of mental health through faster diagnosis and treatment

Sabine Bahn, practicing psychiatrist and Professor of Neurotechnology at CEB, shares her experience of starting two companies while still pursuing her research to develop better diagnoses for psychiatric disorders.

Read more at: Unlocking the secret to cleaner vehicle emissions: a comprehensive review of particulate filter models
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Unlocking the secret to cleaner vehicle emissions: a comprehensive review of particulate filter models

13 February 2023

Researchers from our Computational Modelling Group delve into the science behind filtration of ultrafine particles from transport exhaust fumes.

Read more at: Frank Ronald Goodwin Mitchell (1932 – 2021)
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Frank Ronald Goodwin Mitchell (1932 – 2021)

8 February 2023

Colleagues pay tribute to our former Technical Officer Ron Mitchell, who died in December 2021, at the age of 89.

Read more at: Cambridge and Berkeley unravel the complex reaction pathways in zero carbon fuel synthesis
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Cambridge and Berkeley unravel the complex reaction pathways in zero carbon fuel synthesis

Their research provides insight into how the chemical industry, which is the third largest subsector in terms of direct CO2 emissions, can recycle its own waste within current manufacturing processes.

Read more at: MAI-SIM: structured illumination microscopy for the masses
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MAI-SIM: structured illumination microscopy for the masses

Our Laser Analytics group hit the history books to develop a superresolution microscopy technique that will allow more research into the origin and treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer.

Read more at: Professor Lisa Hall awarded MRC Millennium Medal for 'pioneering multidisciplinary work' in biosensors
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Professor Lisa Hall awarded MRC Millennium Medal for 'pioneering multidisciplinary work' in biosensors

8 December 2022

Professor Hall is recognised for her translational research, which has delivered more than 8 million devices to support diabetes care, and her development of environmentally sustainable local manufacturing techniques that will benefit both the NHS and low and middle-income countries globally.

Read more at: Cambridge research team reaches EU ‘Fuel from the Sun’ Final with artificial leaves capable of producing a sustainable solar fuel
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Cambridge research team reaches EU ‘Fuel from the Sun’ Final with artificial leaves capable of producing a sustainable solar fuel

6 December 2022

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a system of artificial leaves that use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into a synthetic fuel known as syngas. Their scaled-up demonstrator system, built for the final of the European Union’s ‘Fuel from the Sun’ competition, showed potential for the production of syngas under real-world conditions.

Read more at: Can aviation be sustainable?
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Can aviation be sustainable?

Air travel is one of the major contributors to global warming. Cambridge scientists are working with leading energy companies to help develop sustainable aviation fuels, which could reduce the industry’s carbon emissions by 80% or more.

Read more at: Slow-moving shell of water can make Parkinson’s proteins ‘stickier’
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Slow-moving shell of water can make Parkinson’s proteins ‘stickier’

Water – which makes up the majority of every cell in the body – plays a key role in how proteins, including those associated with Parkinson’s disease, fold, misfold, or clump together, according to a new study.

Read more at: Eastbourne College Year 12 student visit
Izy solution team awarded their DID Challenge winning trophy

Eastbourne College Year 12 student visit

26 October 2022

Year 12 students from Eastbourne College visited CEB recently to find out more about chemical engineering and biotechnology and be presented their Davidson Inventors Challenge 2022 Winners Award.

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