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    "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/london-based-solve-chemistry-secures-4m-to-modernise-chemical-production/",
    "date": "28 January 2026",
    "year": "2026",
    "sortDate": "2026-01-28",
    "headline": "London-based SOLVE Chemistry secures \u00A34m to modernise chemical production",
    "summary": "An AI-driven chemistry startup, SOLVE Chemistry, has raised \u00A34 million seed funding to expand its work helping pharmaceutical and agrochemical manufacturers bring products to market faster, more sustainably, and at lower cost.",
    "image": "<picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x215/filters:format(webp)/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-funding.jpg 320w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/480x320/filters:format(webp)/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-funding.jpg 480w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/540x360/filters:format(webp)/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-funding.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 308px, (min-width: 1025px) 25vw, (min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 481px) 42vw, 84vw\"><source type=\"image/jpeg\" srcset=\"https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x215/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-funding.jpg 320w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/480x320/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-funding.jpg 480w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/540x360/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-funding.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 308px, (min-width: 1025px) 25vw, (min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 481px) 42vw, 84vw\"><img class=\"listing-item__image\" src=\"https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/540x360/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-funding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\"></picture>",
    "author": "David Silverman",
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    "contentID": "1720865",
    "articleURL": "/news/articles/2025/imperial-and-solve-chemistry-bring-chemical-reaction-data-to-machine-learning/",
    "date": "22 December 2025",
    "year": "2025",
    "sortDate": "2025-12-22",
    "headline": "Imperial and SOLVE Chemistry bring chemical reaction data to machine learning",
    "summary": "Researchers from Imperial and its spinout company SOLVE Chemistry have presented a chemical dataset at the prestigious AI conference NeurIPS that could help accelerate the use of machine learning to solve solvent challenges in industrial chemistry.",
    "image": "<picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x215/filters:format(webp)/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-neurips.jpg 320w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/480x320/filters:format(webp)/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-neurips.jpg 480w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/540x360/filters:format(webp)/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-neurips.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 308px, (min-width: 1025px) 25vw, (min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 481px) 42vw, 84vw\"><source type=\"image/jpeg\" srcset=\"https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x215/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-neurips.jpg 320w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/480x320/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-neurips.jpg 480w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/540x360/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-neurips.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 308px, (min-width: 1025px) 25vw, (min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 481px) 42vw, 84vw\"><img class=\"listing-item__image\" src=\"https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/540x360/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/solve-neurips.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\"></picture>",
    "author": "David Silverman",
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    "contentID": "1713477",
    "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/chemistry/2025/chemistry-celebrates-third-consecutive-athena-swan-gold-award/",
    "date": "25 November 2025",
    "year": "2025",
    "sortDate": "2025-11-25",
    "headline": "Chemistry celebrates third consecutive Athena Swan Gold Award",
    "summary": "Imperial\u2019s Department of Chemistry has achieved Athena Swan Gold status for the third consecutive time, reaffirming its position as a national leader in equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in higher education.",
    "image": "<picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x215/filters:format(webp)/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/20251125_Athena_Swan_Gold_Chemistry.jpg 320w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/480x320/filters:format(webp)/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/20251125_Athena_Swan_Gold_Chemistry.jpg 480w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/540x360/filters:format(webp)/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/20251125_Athena_Swan_Gold_Chemistry.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 308px, (min-width: 1025px) 25vw, (min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 481px) 42vw, 84vw\"><source type=\"image/jpeg\" srcset=\"https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x215/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/20251125_Athena_Swan_Gold_Chemistry.jpg 320w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/480x320/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/20251125_Athena_Swan_Gold_Chemistry.jpg 480w, https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/540x360/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/20251125_Athena_Swan_Gold_Chemistry.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 308px, (min-width: 1025px) 25vw, (min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 481px) 42vw, 84vw\"><img class=\"listing-item__image\" src=\"https://pxl01-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/540x360/prod01/channel_4/imperial-news/media/news-images/3000X2000-main-article-images/20251125_Athena_Swan_Gold_Chemistry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\"></picture>",
    "author": "Saida Mahamed",
    "profile": "Dr Nazila Kamaly",
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    "topic": "Campus and community, Science",
    "topicLabel": "Campus and community",
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    "tags": "Diversity|Equality|White City Campus",
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