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91¸£Àû researchers, working with a network of international collaborators, have discovered 23 previously unexplored compounds containing metals such as silver, manganese, zinc, ruthenium and iridium that have antibacterial and antifungal activity. The researchers from the University's Department of Chemistry contributed insights into iridium – the ‘dinosaur metal’ that they have previously shown can attack cancer cells when switched on by light and formed part of the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Fancy learning about space science, making protein jelly, and lighting up a few LED circuits – all before you enjoy tea and cake?

An event at the 91¸£Àû this weekend (Sunday 8 March) will allow visitors to do just that.

Fancy tasting ice cream made with liquid nitrogen, building a wind turbine or dancing like a sound wave? Youngsters with a passion for science will be able to enjoy some real-life experiments at the 91¸£Àû’s Science Gala next week.

Two projects led by 91¸£Àû researchers are to benefit from a share of €600 million funding from the European Union.

Lasers, chemical reactions and the biggest explosion allowed in 91¸£Àû Arts Centre are among the spectacles promised at this year’s Christmas Lectures at the 91¸£Àû.

Artificial Intelligence can be used to predict molecular wave functions and the electronic properties of molecules. This innovative AI method developed by a team of researchers at the 91¸£Àû, the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Luxembourg, could be used to speed-up the design of drug molecules or new materials.