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Dr. Alex Baker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ has been named as the winner of the 2025 British Science Association’s (BSA) Physical Sciences and Mathematics Award Lecture.

Almost 50 years on from the release of Star Wars: Episode IV, Dr. Alex Baker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is turning science fiction into science fact on May the 4th, International Star Wars Day.

An international research collaboration, including The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, The University of Cambridge and UCL, has demonstrated that ‘wonder material’ phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs) exhibit both magnetic and electronic properties at room temperature, establishing them as a unique class of low-dimensional materials.

Researchers at The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, in collaboration with apparel automation pioneer CreateMe Technologies, have developed a revolutionary thermoreversible adhesive technology poised to transform the fashion industry.

We spoke to six women – undergraduates and researchers from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ – to learn about their experiences of nurturing talent in girls and women in STEM.

Engineers from The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre and Imperial College London’s Department of Bioengineering have unveiled how to engineer microbial ‘cell-factories’ to boost the manufacture of high-value chemicals that are used in everyday products like domestic goods, clothes and food.