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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.
- Rachel Tunnicliffe wins GW4 Open Research Prize in Improving Quality for OpenGHG project 29 April 2025 Dr Rachel Tunnicliffe has won winning the GW4 Open Research Prize in Improving Quality for the OpenGHG project.
- PhD student Olivia Watts helps Bristol to semi-finals of University Challenge 22 April 2025 School of Chemistry PhD student Olivia Watts helped Bristol's team reach the semi-finals of the current series of the iconic BBC Two student quiz programme University Challenge.
- Scientists make water-repellent breakthrough to replace toxic ‘forever chemicals’ 10 April 2025 School of Chemistry Emeritus Professor Julian Eastoe is among an international group of scientists who have invented a substitute for synthetic chemicals, called perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are widely used in everyday products despite being hazardous to health and the environment.
- Carmen Galan wins 2025 Melville L. Wolfrom Award 10 April 2025 Professor Carmen Galan has been named winner of the 2025 Melville L. Wolfrom Award by the ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Chemical Glycobiology.
- The Timms Symposium 2025 27 March 2025 The annual Timms Symposium returns to the School of Chemistry on Wednesday, 9th July 2025.
- Matt Rigby discusses anniversary of ozone hole discovery on BBC Radio 4 17 March 2025 Professor Matt Rigby appeared on BBC Radio 4 programme Rare Earth on 14th March to discuss the 40th anniversary of the discovery of a hole in the planet's ozone layer.
- Carmen Galan to receive 2025 Emil Fischer Award 5 March 2025 Professor Carmen Galan has been named as a joint winner of the Emil Fischer Award for 2025 by the European Carbohydrate Organisation.
- Bristol part of UK initiative to advance monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions 11 February 2025 A new observatory co-led by the School of Chemistry's Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group and colleagues at the University of Manchester will enhance the UK’s ability to measure greenhouse gases.
- Chemistry PhD graduates win Women in Innovation awards 7 February 2025 School of Chemistry PhD graduates Dr Alicja Dzieciol and Dr Siân Fussell have won Women in Innovation Awards from Innovate UK for their remarkable sustainable technologies.
- Diamond Group publication wins Functional Diamond Best Paper Award 31 January 2025 A publication by Professor Paul May and Dr Ramiz Zulkharnay of the School of Chemistry's Diamond Group has been named by the editors of the journal Functional Diamond as its best paper of 2024.