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Today we are celebrating our 2025 RSC Prize Winners! Congratulations to our Student Experience Team who have won the Innovation Through Diversity Prize, and to Ed Greenough for his contribution to the Boostcrop collaborative project which takes the Faraday Horizon Prize. Jack Woolley, WCUS RTP, also shares credit for collaborating on this project as well as winning the Technical Excellence Prize!

From developing greener materials and processes to growing more sustainable supply chains, a new £13.6 million research hub, funded by EPSRC, will help researchers at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ tackle some of the UK’s biggest manufacturing challenges.

Professor Julie Macpherson, Department of Chemistry at University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ has been awarded the 2025 Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Award for her outstanding contributions to electrochemical analysis and BDD sensors.

Professor Reinhard Maurer has received Germany’s most valuable research award. He was nominated by the University of Göttingen in conjunction with the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences.

Dr Alex Baker et al have published the first example of a synthetic sugar detection test for snake venom, offering a new route to rapid diagnosis and better antivenoms.

Prof Dave Haddleton reports on the testosterone gap in HRT and progress towards change in The Conversation.

Joining previous winners including Brian Cox and Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Alex is being recognised for his promising early career research looking to provide therapeutics and diagnosis for Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Diamond Scientists Julie Macpherson and Mark Newton star with Dara O'Brien and Hannah Fry on BBC Radio 4 Curious Cases Postcast. Listen at

Dr Raj Pandya et al author Nature paper on ‘wonder material’ phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs) demonstrating the properties that put them in a class of their own.

ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Chemistry spinout company, Medherant, charts a course towards testosterone TEPI patch for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in postmenopausal women.

Prof Remzi Becer et al. collaborate with CreateMe Technologies to develop revolutionary thermoreversible adhesive technology poised to transform the fashion industry.

Keith joined the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ in its early years and was a key figure in the Department of Chemistry for 25 years.