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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.
- 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.
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- 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.
- 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.