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The team of researchers testing their artificial leaf array on the rooftop of the Maxwell Centre in Cambridge

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.

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.

Corpus callosum, left-right connections, in a Parkinson's brain

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.

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.

Davidson Symposium: celebrating JFD’s life and achievements and the modern face of chemical engineering and biotechnology

10 October 2022

The Davidson Symposium on Friday 23 September 2022 celebrated the long life and notable achievements of the late Emeritus Professor John Davidson and the modern face of chemical engineering and biotechnology.

Sutton Trust summer school 2022 challenge student winners

CEB hosts chocolate-themed Sutton Trust summer school in collaboration with Nestlé

4 October 2022

CEB recently hosted the first in-person Sutton Trust summer school back in August with an aim to engage young students with chemical engineering and biotechnology.

Organic ‘e-transmembrane’ device paves way for next-generation drug discovery

23 September 2022

Researchers in our Bioelectronic Systems Technology Group have developed a bioelectronic platform to grow and monitor 3D cell cultures in real-time, that can be used to deliver more predictive, high throughput drug screening assays.

Outreach at CEB: casting the net wider

12 September 2022

We have been increasing our activities targeting local, national and international schools to raise the profile of STEM subjects and encourage young students to study chemical engineering and biotechnology at Cambridge.

ReachSci secondary school three-day research training programme launched

31 August 2022

CEB PhD student outreach venture ReachSci is making serious efforts to help underrepresented young students explore careers in research to help them discover a career path in research.

A representation of nerve cells connected in a network

Light as the switch: using nanometric photodiodes to study the activity of nerve cells

23 August 2022

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) in Trieste, have developed a targeted, non-invasive approach to study the fundamental functions of the nervous system, that could also be used to develop potential therapies for neurological diseases.

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

Can aviation be sustainable?

Slow-moving shell of water can make Parkinson’s proteins ‘stickier’

Eastbourne College Year 12 student visit

Davidson Symposium: celebrating JFD’s life and achievements and the modern face of chemical engineering and biotechnology

CEB hosts chocolate-themed Sutton Trust summer school in collaboration with Nestlé

Organic ‘e-transmembrane’ device paves way for next-generation drug discovery

Outreach at CEB: casting the net wider

ReachSci secondary school three-day research training programme launched

Light as the switch: using nanometric photodiodes to study the activity of nerve cells

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