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Scientists and engineers produce world's first carbon-14 diamond battery
11 December 2024
School of Chemistry researchers Professor Neil Fox and Dr James Smith are among a group of scientists and engineers to have successfully created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, an incredibly long-lasting energy source with the potential to power devices for thousands of years.
- New publication describes positive impact of Smart Worksheets in first-year quantitative chemistry course 13 January 2025 The School of Chemistry's Professor Dudley Shallcross, Dr Amy McCarthy-Torrens, and Dr Francesca Dennis have had an article published in the Journal of Chemical Education on their collaboration with Learning Science Ltd on Smart Worksheets and their positive impact on the first year quantitative chemistry course since being introduced in 2020.
- Varinder Aggarwal to present at 37th Richard Lerner Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium 13 January 2025 Professor Varinder Aggarwal has been invited to participate in the 37th annual Richard Lerner Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium, on February 6, 2026, at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California.
- Harry Destecroix awarded MBE in New Year Honours 6 January 2025 Former School of Chemistry PhD student Dr Harry Destecroix has received an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the New Year Honours list for services to science.
- Scientists and engineers produce world's first carbon-14 diamond battery 11 December 2024 School of Chemistry researchers Professor Neil Fox and Dr James Smith are among a group of scientists and engineers to have successfully created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, an incredibly long-lasting energy source with the potential to power devices for thousands of years.
- Bryan Bzdek receives Kenneth T. Whitby Award 26 November 2024 Dr Bryan Bzdek, Proleptic Associate Professor in the School of Chemistry and member of Bristol Aerosol Research Centre, was presented the 2024 Kenneth T. Whitby Award at the 42nd American Association for Aerosol Research Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Dudley Shallcross appointed RSB Curriculum Committee Chair 20 November 2024 Professor Dudley Shallcross has been appointed chair of the Curriculum Committee at the the Royal Society of Biology.
- Davis Group research on glucose-sensitive insulin published in Nature 28 October 2024 Researchers in the School of Chemistry have contributed towards a recent paper in Nature that describes a new type of insulin which responds to the amount of glucose in the blood, becoming more active at high levels when it is needed and less active at low levels.
- Varinder Aggarwal elected fellow of India's National Academy of Sciences 14 October 2024 The School of Chemistry's Professor Varinder Aggarwal has been elected as a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India.
- Professor Dek Woolfson to receive prestigious 2025 Vincent du Vigneaud Award 11 October 2024 The School of Chemistry's Professor Dek Woolfson has been announced as one of the winners of the Vincent du Vigneaud Awards for 2025.
- Scientists develop artificial sugars to enhance disease diagnosis and treatment accuracy 8 October 2024 The School of Chemistry's Professor Carmen Galan is among a multi-centre group of scientists to have found a way to create artificial sugars that could lead to better ways to diagnose and treat diseases more accurately than ever before.