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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.
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New AI software set to accelerate delivery of vital Net-Zero infrastructure

New software, developed by the University of Sheffield spin-out AENi and funded by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, aims to transform how the world’s essential net-zero infrastructure is planned.
Inside the automated 1,500 L photobioreactor.

Scaling up our research over seven orders of magnitude

When research outgrows the laboratory, the transition to industrial infrastructure marks a pivotal shift from theoretical discovery to practical application.
A multi channel pipette dispensing a sample into tubes

The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) reaches a major milestone with the completion of their sixth round of accession.

The University of Sheffield has been part of NBIC since 2018. Our research in biofilms covers multiple areas such as antimicrobial resistance, environmental engineering and industrial biotechnology.

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Salters’ Institute Graduate Award success

Graduate, Angus Hardy, has been recognised for his positive impact as a student by being awarded the Salters’ Institute Graduate Award.
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Spinout spotlight: Kausalyze

Kausalyze, a spinout from the University of Sheffield's School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, is providing systems-level intelligence to help process manufacturers reduce downtime and increase operational efficiency.