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

Outstanding results highlight the School’s strength across its subject areas
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.
An aerial view of a petrochemical plant in the evening with a blue sky in the background
The researchers have developed an open access dashboard that could help the industry prioritise interventions to become more sustainable.

Petrochemical industry emissions could rise 50 per cent, study suggests

Carbon emissions from the petrochemical industry could increase by 50 per cent by 2050, according to new research from the University of Sheffield, led by Dr Fanran Meng.
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Biomedical Engineering in the top three for student satisfaction

Biomedical Engineering at the University of Sheffield has been ranked in the top three in the Russell Group for student satisfaction.
Professor William Zimmerman

Cracked, the cold case of why boiling water freezes faster

Microbubbles and the Mpemba effect: Professor Will Zimmerman appears in the Times and comments on a physical chemistry mystery.

How Materials Science applies to Formula E

Taking our Artefacts Project home

This time of year would usually see our 2nd Year students working on the Artefacts Project, where they work in teams to reverse engineer a common household object, but this year we've had to take an alternative approach to this project.