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Sir John Meurig Thomas receives one of the 2016 Royal Medals

27 July 2016

Sir John Meurig Thomas HonFREng FRS is awarded one of the three 2016 Royal Medals for his pioneering work within catalytic chemistry, in particular on single-site heterogeneous catalysts, which have had a major impact on green chemistry, clean technology and sustainability

The three Royal...

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Battery paste recycling technology developed at Cambridge is licensed to Aurelius Environmental

07 July 2016

A lead-acid battery paste recycling technology that is cheaper and cleaner than traditional methods, developed by Dr Vasant Kumar and his research team, has been licensed to Aurelius Environmental (AE) in the West Midlands. The technology, which has the potential to transform the battery...

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Dr Paul Coxon receives an inaugural Public Engagement with Research Award

23 June 2016

On Monday 20 June, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research presented two sets of inaugural awards; the Impact Awards run by the Research Strategy Office, and the Public Engagement with Research Awards run by the Public Engagement team in the Office of External Affairs and...

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