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Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering achieve top-five places in Guardian rankings 2027

Outstanding results highlight the School’s strength across its subject areas
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Dr Karl Travis joins the Independent Advisory Committee for the Deep Borehole Demonstration Center (DBDC)

The Deep Borehole Demonstration Center has added three experts to its Independent Advisory Committee. Dr Karl Travis joins Emeritus Professor Neil Chapman, who is Chair of the committee.

Mockup of Xerode’s dry electrode printing system
Mockup of Xerode’s dry electrode printing system, capable of continuous roll-to-roll manufacture.

Spinout spotlight: Xerode

Xerode, a spinout from the University of Sheffield’s School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, is developing a solvent-free, dry digital printing process for coating battery electrodes.

Two DNA double helices locking together

Decades-old DNA mystery solved after strands are captured zipping together for the first time

Researchers have captured the moment two DNA molecules zip together, overcoming their identical negative charges to pair up, solving a mechanism that has puzzled scientists for more than 20 years.
Students who took part in the engineers for business final

Second year engineering students pitched ideas at 2025 Engineers in Business final

Six top teams from the University of Sheffield pitched innovative solutions in high-stakes competition.
A group of students pose at Nestle

Students undertake industry site visits as part of their degree programme

Students studying MSc Pharmaceutical Engineering and MEng Chemical Engineering gain industry insights through organised visits to Nestlé in York and AstraZeneca in Macclesfield.
cells under microscope

Removing barriers to advanced imaging and machine learning-based analysis

Research Associate, Laura Wiggins, is part of a new project which aims to develop methods which will enable researchers in low- and middle-income countries to get more information from images using low cost microscopy equipment.

Members of the GRAND committee hold a giant cheque for the Children's Hospital

CMBE's GRAND committee raises over £1000 for Sheffield Children's Hospital

The Graduate Research and Networking Development committee, within the School of CMBE, recently held its first-ever ball, raising a total of £1075.18 for the Sheffield Children's Hospital.
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Self-driving labs: making chemical research faster and smarter

Researchers have built an automated platform, or self-driving laboratory, which can be programmed to conduct chemical reactions, analyse the products and autonomously modify the conditions to optimise the process using machine learning.