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Internship report: Lee Burton, Harvard University, United States of America
The CSCT is pleased to welcome back Lee Burton from his research internship at Harvard University in the United States. Lee spent 5 weeks in Boston, working with the groups of Professor Roy Gordon at Harvard and Dr Tonio Buonassisi...
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Why Nuclear, Why Now?
Energy. Our modern life, as we know it, depends on it. And it’s never more on the mind of the modern consumer as it is during autumn, when the weather gets colder and nights get longer. This also happens to...
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Conference report: 11th International Conference on Materials Chemistry
MC11 (the 11th International Conference on Materials Chemistry) was held by the Royal Society of Chemistry at the University of Warwick from July 8-11th. Given a reasonably local and affordable opportunity to attend a fully-fledged international conference, four DTC students...
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Conference Report: UKERC International Energy Summer School 2013
3rd year DTC students Lisa Sargeant and Jessica Sharpe attended the UKERCs Summer School at Warwick University. This post describes their experience. ‘Energy security’, ‘green economy’ and ‘sustainable development’ are phrases that we regularly hear in the media, but how...
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Conference Report: Green Chemistry and Engineering
On 18–20 June 2013, 4th year PhD student Julia Griffen attended the 17th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference in North Bethesda, Maryland, USA. I would like to thank the ACS Green Chemistry Institute for awarding me the Joseph Breen...
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'Bristopia' After-hours event at At-Bristol
On the evening of Friday 21 June 2013, eight second-year students took part in ‘Bristopia’, an after-hours, adults only event at the At-Bristol science centre. This post was contributed by 2nd-year research students David Miles and Heather Parker. Over the...
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Conference Report: 2013 International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences
From Sunday 23 to Friday 28 June 2013, DTC PhD student Jessica Bristow took part in the 2013 International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences in New York. This post describes her experience. It was a privilege to...
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Joint symposium with materials chemists in South Korea
Whorrod Research Fellow Dr Aron Walsh travelled to Seoul to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding between the CSCT and the global E3 institute at Yonsei University, visiting from Saturday 8 to Friday 14 June 2013. 2nd-year DTC student Adam...
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My "I'm a Scientist" experience
From Monday 17 to Friday 28 June 2013, DTC PhD student Rhod Jenkins took part in "I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!", a competition which pits researchers against each other to answer science questions from British schoolchildren. He...
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Cheltenham Science Festival 2013
This is the fourth year the CSCT joined the family fun day at the Cheltenham Science Festival, although for most first year DTC students it is their first time going to this festival. All of us were excited! Here is...
