Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new approach for observing mechanochemical reactions — where simple ingredients are ground up to make new chemical compounds and materials that can be used in anything from the pharmaceutical to the metallurgical, cement and mineral industries.
Scientists have long suspected that the way materials behave on the nanoscale – that is when particles have dimensions of about 1–100 nanometres – is different from how they behave on any other scale. A new paper in the journal Chemical Science provides concrete proof that this is the case.
Astronomers have discovered enormous smooth shapes that look like vapour trails in a gigantic galaxy cluster. These ‘arms’ span half a million light years and provide researchers with clues to a billion years of collisions within the “giant cosmic train wreck” of the Coma cluster.
The Royal Society, the UK’s independent academy for science, has announced the recipients of its 2009 Awards, Medals, Royal Medals and Lectures today, four of whom are current Cambridge researchers.
A University of Cambridge graduate is one of three winners of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Professor David Buckingham of the University of Cambridge has been awarded the first Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences.
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