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News and media coverage highlighting discoveries, technologies and perspectives from the ReisnerLab.
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2016 – present
Press coverage and institutional news featuring research, people and developments from the group.
24th Jun 2026
University News: Scientists demonstrate solar-powered plastic recycling at real-world scale
28th Apr 2026
Chemistry World: Catalyst converts plastic waste into hydrogen and valuable chemicals
22nd Apr 2026
Department News: STEM for Britain Gold Medal UK Parliament
6th Apr 2026
University News: Researchers turn recovered car battery acid and plastic waste into clean hydrogen
12th Mar 2026
College News: Failed experiment leads to surprise drug development breakthrough
10th Oct 2025
University News: Solar-powered method lights the way to a ‘de-fossilised’ chemical industry
5th May 2025
The Guardian: UK wins £500m in science grants from EU Horizon scheme after Brexit lockout
19th Mar 2025
BBC Reel: Machine turns carbon dioxide into fuel
17th Mar 2025
Paymaster General visits Cambridge to see success of EU research funding
13th Feb 2025
University News: Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel
13th Feb 2025
College News: Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel
3rd Feb 2025
College News: Tiny copper ‘flowers’ bloom on artificial leaves for clean fuel production
Oct 2024
University Stories: Trash into treasure: making clean fuel from waste and sunlight
13th Nov 2023
University News: Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same time
12th Nov 2023
The Guardian: Floating factories of artificial leaves could make green fuel for jets and ships
9th Oct 2023
The Eagle: Cleaning up: converting waste streams into green energy
26th Jun 2023
Chemistry World: Plastic waste and CO2 converted into hydrogen and feedstock chemical using sunlight
19th Jun 2023
University News: Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste
18th May 2023
University News: Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power
14th Mar 2023
BBC News: Could waste plastic become a useful fuel source?
9th Jan 2023
University News: Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into fuels
6th Dec 2022
Henry Royce Institute: Cambridge research team reaches EU ‘Fuel from the Sun’ Final
22nd Aug 2022
BBC News: Cambridge University scientists create fuel from ‘artificial leaves’
17th Aug 2022
University Stories: Floating ‘artificial leaves’ ride the wave of clean fuel production
24th Aug 2020
University News: Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water
11th Jun 2018
CNBC: The ideas transforming the fuel we use in our vehicles
21st Mar 2016
The Guardian: Equipment photo wins award in EPSRC competition