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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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Two academic staff members recognised for their contributions to knowledge by the IoM3

Congratulations to Professor Iain Todd and Dr Lewis Owen who have both been awarded Gold and Silver medals respectively by the IoM3 for their contributions to knowledge.

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University of Sheffield duo win prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes

Congratulations to Professor Serena Cussen and Professor Claire Corkhill who have both been awarded Royal Society of Chemistry 2023 Research & Innovation Prizes.

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Top prizes go to two of our students who have won first and second place in the Reckitt Sustainability Challenge

Two of our students took part in a new competition launched by consumer goods company, Reckitt. The challenge was to come up with a more sustainable version of a Dettol spray bottle.

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Sheffield research group underpins consortium on Norwegian nuclear waste disposal

Dr Karl Travis and the Deep Borehole Disposal (DBD) research group he leads join a team of industrial partners looking to further develop DBD concept for high-level radioactive waste in Norway.
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Biomedical Engineering student reaches the final of Global Student Prize

Dimitris Boufidis has beaten almost seven thousand students to become one of fifty finalists in the Chegg.org Global Student Prize, which awards prize money to a student who has made a significant impact on students and society.