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British chemist is honoured for her groundbreaking work in mass spectrometry

​​Dame Carol Robinson opened a new era for protein analysis and drug development

27-Jun-2024 - British scientist Dame Carol Robinson, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a trailblazer in the field of mass spectrometry, has dedicated her career to exploring the molecular makeup of proteins within their native environments. Her pioneering work has paved the way for ...

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Chinese scientist wins the European Inventor Award 2023 with a safer lithium-ion battery

Reducing the risk of battery explosion and fire in electric vehicles

06-Jul-2023 - The European Patent Office (EPO) announced the Chinese scientist Kai Wu and his team are winners in the ‘Non-EPO countries’ category of the European Inventor Award 2023. Selected from over 600 candidates, Wu and his team developed a Li-ion battery with a top cover that acts as a barrier to ...

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Young Inventors Prize 2023 for drawing microplastics out of the ocean

The latest prototype uses a unique mixture without requiring filters or chemicals and removes over 85% of microplastics in a single pass

06-Jul-2023 - The European Patent Office (EPO) announced that Irish environmentalist Fionn Ferreira has won third place in the Young Inventors Prize at the European Inventor Award 2023. Ferreira, a 22-year-old chemistry master's degree student and teaching assistant at the University of Groningen in the ...

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French research group win the European Inventor Award 2023 for a safer and more efficient hydrogen storage solution

Multidisciplinary team from France pioneered a method to store hydrogen as a solid disc, making it safer and easier to store and transport

05-Jul-2023 - The European Patent Office (EPO) announced that French inventors Patricia de Rango, Daniel Fruchart, Albin Chaise, Michel Jehan and Nataliya Skryabina are winners in the ‘Research’ category of the European Inventor Award 2023. Selected from over 600 candidates, these researchers found a way to ...

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A life dedicated to chemistry

The European Inventor Award for Lifetime Achievement goes to Spanish scientist Avelino Corma

21-Jun-2023 - Chemistry is all around us and not just in medicine and cleaning products. Everything you hear, see, smell, taste and touch involves chemistry. The processes by which our bodies can transform food and water into energy are spurred on by catalysts. Spanish scientist Avelino Corma (Moncofa, ...

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Liquid metal batteries to store renewable energy at a large scale

“Extreme electrochemist” Donald Sadoway wins European Inventor Award 2022

23-Jun-2022 - The European Patent Office honoured Canadian-American scientist Donald Sadoway with the European Inventor Award 2022 in the "Non-EPO countries" category. The MIT chemistry professor has developed batteries made of liquid metal that can be used to store renewable energy at scale, increasing the ...

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Harvesting metal catalysts from plants used for cleaning contaminated soils

“Ecocatalyst” researcher Claude Grison wins European Inventor Award 2022

23-Jun-2022 - The European Patent Office honoured French scientist Claude Grison with the European Inventor Award 2022 in the "Research" category. The University professor and research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) has developed a method of using plants to extract metal ...

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Estonian team wins European Inventor Award 2022 for next-generation supercapacitors

The battery-like devices can quickly provide large, short bursts of energy and they are free of toxic materials

23-Jun-2022 - The European Patent Office (EPO) distinguished Estonian researchers Jaan Leis, Mati Arulepp and Anti Perkson with the European Inventor Award 2022 in the "Industry" category. The Estonian invention significantly improves the efficiency of battery-like devices known as supercapacitors or ...

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Powering billions of devices

Akira Yoshino named European Inventor Award 2019 finalist

10-May-2019 - The European Patent Office (EPO) announces that Japanese chemist and engineer Akira Yoshino has been nominated for the European Inventor Award 2019 as one of three finalists in the category "Non-EPO countries" for his invention and refinement of the lithium-ion battery, which now powers billions ...

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Honouring the inventor who brought single atoms into focus

Maximilian Haider named European Inventor Award 2019 finalist

09-May-2019 - The European Patent Office (EPO) announces that Austrian experimental physicist and entrepreneur Maximilian Haider has been nominated for the European Inventor Award 2019 as one of three finalists in the category "Lifetime achievement" for his pioneering technique to improve the resolution of ...

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