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21 Jul 2026 · Research

SSCI chemists discover a switchable molecular motor for targeted drug delivery

A team led by the Department of Chemistry has engineered a light-activated molecular motor that can carry and release drug payloads at precise locations — a step toward programmable nanomedicine. The work appears in this week’s issue of Nature Chemistry .

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21 Jul 2026Research

SSCI chemists discover a switchable molecular motor for targeted drug delivery

A team led by the Department of Chemistry has engineered a light-activated molecular motor that can carry and release drug payloads at precise locations — a step toward programmable nanomedicine. The work appears in this week’s issue of Nature Chemistry .

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17 Jul 2026News

Degree congregation 2026 — important notes for graduating Science students

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15 Jul 2026Event

Science Open Day 2026 — labs, talks and campus tours on 7–9 August

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10 Jul 2026Award

Two SSCI faculty named among the world’s most highly cited researchers

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04 Jul 2026Research

Mathematics team’s new algorithm cuts climate model computation by 40%

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28 Jun 2026News

School of Science welcomes 12 new faculty members for 2026/27

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21 Jun 2026Research

Ocean scientists map 800 years of coral records in the South China Sea

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14 Jun 2026Event

Distinguished Science Lecture — the physics of the very small

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06 Jun 2026Award

Undergraduate iGEM team wins gold for epidemic-modelling project

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29 May 2026News

New interdisciplinary AI + Science major opens for 2027 entry

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