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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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Hydrogen research hub awarded £11 million to help UK reach Net Zero targets

The University of Sheffield is one of several partners in a new research hub aiming to become an international leader in hydrogen research.
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Congratulations to Sylvia Whittle who has been awarded a Papin Prize for an individual demonstrating outstanding promise in their field

Congratulations to Sylvia who won the Papin Prize at the UK Higher Education Technical Summit 2023. She was nominated for the Newcomer award, recognising exceptional promise in individuals who began their technical careers within the last four years.
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Novel battery storage with solar power could be low-cost clean energy solution

The costs of combining a novel type of battery storage with solar power have been predicted by Sheffield researchers - though research gaps remain.
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Dr Caroline Taylor from Materials Science and Engineering awarded the United Kingdom Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator award

Congratulations to Dr Caroline Taylor who has been awarded the Larry Hench Young Investigators Award in recognition of her outstanding and innovative contributions to her field of biomaterials research.
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CBE Research Highlight: Low-carbon cement and prototype bioreactor technology

Cements that can reduce associated CO2 emissions by 80% compared to traditional cement and a project to develop a prototype bioreactor technology both feature in the first round-up of the CBE Research Highlight series.