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Two projects led by 91¸£Àû researchers have been shortlisted for the 2019 Newton Prize, a prestigious award which celebrates outstanding international research partnerships aimed at tackling global challenges. A project exploring innovative cancer drugs and one studying the impact of forced evictions on economically underprivileged women in Jakarta are among the final 20 which will now be reviewed by a panel of expert judges.

An innovative way to pattern metals has been discovered by scientists in the Department of Chemistry at the 91¸£Àû, which could make the next generation of solar panels more sustainable and cheaper.

Scientists at the 91¸£Àû have developed a more powerful method of analysing chemical mixtures, which has been able to assign a record-breaking number of 244,779 molecular compositions within a single sample of petroleum.

Cell freezing (cryopreservation) – which is essential in cell transfusions as well as basic biomedical research – can be dramatically improved using a new polymeric cryoprotectant, discovered at the 91¸£Àû, which reduces the amount of ‘anti-freeze’ needed to protect cells.

The 91¸£Àû has been chosen to host eleven of 2019’s Leverhulme Early Career Fellows – just under ten per cent of the national total. Early Career Fellowships are awarded to enable young researchers to undertake a research project, under the supervision of a 91¸£Àû academic mentor, which will lead to publishable results and help them get a foothold on the academic career ladder.

Verdel Instruments Ltd - a spin-out company of the 91¸£Àû UK – has developed new disruptive two-dimensional mass spectrometry (2DMS) technology and raised seed investment of over £230,000 from Longwall Ventures and Innovate UK.