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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Open Day at RCaH
23 Jun 2018On 21 June 2018, the Research Complex at Harwell celebrated the annual MRC Festival by opening its doors to Key Stage 3 school students (13-14 years old). Fifty school students from five local schools and their teachers attended the event. Thanks to the research groups and staff here, the school students were offered a range…
Read MoreSummer Conference at UK Catalysis Hub
20 Jun 2018Our Summer Conference on 19-20 June 2018 was attended by more than 160 scientists and engineers across the breadth of catalysis – heterogeneous, homogeneous and bio – bridging the disciplines of chemistry, engineering and biology. There were many informative and entertaining talks and presentations. Speakers included: Professor Andrew Weller (Oxford), Professor Helen Hailes (UCL), Dr Pawel Plucinski (Bath), Dr Natalie…
Read More7,000th paper for Diamond
19 Jun 2018A paper in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA) by an international scientific collaboration from the UK, Germany and Switzerland is the 7,000th to be published as a result of innovative research conducted at Diamond Light Source. The paper reveals details of the 3D spin structure of magnetic skyrmions, and will be of…
Read MoreRCaH postdoc wins Anne McLaren Research Fellowship
29 Apr 2018Karen Robertson has been awarded an Anne McLaren Research Fellowship at the University of Nottingham. Karen attributes her success in gaining this award ‘in part to the support I have received at the Research Complex at Harwell’. She adds: ‘I have found Professor Naismith to be very approachable. He wrote a letter of support for my…
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Scientist wins outstanding achievement award in the field of catalytic science
19 Dec 2017The UK Catalysis Hub has named Professor Charlotte Williams from the University of Oxford as person of outstanding achievement in catalysis for multidisciplinary contributions to the development and applications of catalysts for sustainable chemistry.
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