Professor James Naismith Wins Prestigious Award
24 May 2019Professor James Naismith has been named winner of the prestigious Tilden Prizes from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Naismith, of the Rosalind Franklin Institute, the University of Oxford, and the Research Complex at Harwell, has won the award for career-long breakthroughs in structural and chemical dissection of natural product biosynthesis. Receiving the award, Professor…
Read MoreJMT Medal Winner Announced
23 May 2019SIR JOHN MEURIG THOMAS CATALYSIS MEDAL SCIENTIST WINS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN THE FIELD OF CATALYTIC SCIENCE HARWELL, OXFORD -The UK Catalysis Hub have named Dr. James Paterson from BP as winner of the Sir John Meurig Thomas Catalysis Medal at the UK Catalysis Hub Spring Conference on the 2nd of May 2019. Dr. James…
Read MoreRoyal Academy of Engineering awards £20 million in funding to engineering global visionaries
25 Apr 2019The Royal Academy of Engineering today announced ten years of support for Professor Peter Lee (based in the Research Complex at Harwell) from UCL Mechanical Engineering as a world leader in applying synchrotron imaging to help develop more efficient, environmentally friendly and cost effective additive manufacturing technologies. One of the fastest growing emerging technologies, additive…
Read MoreRCaH research on front cover of Advanced Energy Materials journal
04 Feb 2019Research carried out at the RCaH by Jacqueline M. Cole and her co-workers has been published in the Advanced Energy Materials journal, published on 1st February 2019 and was selected for the front cover. The ‘design-to-device’ approach to data-driven materials discovery has led to the discovery of new dye materials for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) which,…
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Call for Cross-Cluster Proof of Concept proposals
17 Dec 2018A new call has gone out for Cross-Cluster proof of concept proposals with the aim of stimulating industrial engagement with organisations across the Harwell Campus and to innovate cross-disciplinary collaborations across the EneryTec, HealthTec & Space clusters. Up to £20K of matched funding is available per project which needs to produce a final report by…
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Professor James Naismith stepping down as Director to become Rosalind Franklin Institute Director
29 Nov 2018Professor James Naismith, Director of the Research Complex at Harwell, will be stepping down from June 2019 to take on a new role as Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute. The Rosalind Franklin Institute, a new institute designed to deliver transformative technologies to advance life sciences, will work closely with a range of campus partners,…
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BASF & Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellowship in Data Driven Molecular Engineering of Functional Material
18 Oct 2018The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded Jacqui Cole, who has a joint appointment with Cambridge University and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, a 5-year Fellowship under their Research Chair and Senior Research Fellowship scheme. Jacqui Cole is Head of Molecular Engineering at Cambridge has a long history of collaboration with the Science and Technologies Facilities…
Read MoreEPSRC announces further £14 million to keep UK Catalysis Hub sparking
08 Oct 2018A new £14 million investment into the UK’s Catalysis Hub that will support a nationwide research programme is announced today by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Centred at the Research Complex at the Harwell campus in Oxfordshire, the Hub will co-ordinate a collaborative…
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RCaH scientists find secret to better ice cream
22 Jul 2018The taste and feel of ice cream are directly dependent on its microscopic crystalline structure. However, this structure changes if storage temperatures rise above -30°C, which is the case during transportation and also in domestic and supermarket freezers. This is potentially a problem for ice cream manufacturers, who want to preserve the unique taste of…
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