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The University of Warwick’s Dr. Alex Baker wins prestigious British Science Association Award Lecture
Dr. Alex Baker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The University of Warwick has been named as the winner of the 2025 British Science Association’s (BSA) Physical Sciences and Mathematics Award Lecture.
Why all lightsabers on Earth would be blue, and could we really freeze people in carbonite? University of Warwick chemist tells the scientific stories of Star Wars
Almost 50 years on from the release of Star Wars: Episode IV, Dr. Alex Baker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The University of Warwick is turning science fiction into science fact on May the 4th, International Star Wars Day.
Exciting moments on the edge – unique properties confirmed in phosphorene nanoribbons
An international research collaboration, including The University of Warwick, 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.