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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.

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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.

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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.
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Sheffield joins CMAC’s New EPSRC MediForge Hub to build industry 5.0 solutions to transform the sustainable development and manufacturing of medicines

Sheffield becomes a partner in the new EPSRC MediForge Hub, transforming the development and manufacturing of medicines through pioneering an Industry 5.0 manufacturing system for sustainable, resilient, and human-centric medicine production.
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Harnessing nature’s power: collaborative effort explores algae for lower-carbon road construction

Researchers in the Department are part of a team developing a new method that uses algae as a biomass source material to produce ‘bio-bitumen’.

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Achievements from the Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable Photovoltaics

The Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable Photovoltaics, CDT-PV, reaches the end of its 10 year lifetime in September 2024.
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Celebrating brilliant hydrogen-related research and innovation in South Yorkshire

To celebrate UK Hydrogen Week, which took place between 26th Feb to 3rd March, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering co-hosted a “Hydrogen Showcase” event on Thursday 7th March.
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UK-South East Asia Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub receives visit from the Foreign Secretary

The UK-South East Asia Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub was one of the projects showcased to the Foreign Secretary during his recent visit to Thailand.