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Empty egg shelves in a grocery store or supermarket

23 September 2021

Food shortages ‘by end of week’ as CO2 crisis grows

Professor Peter Styring discusses carbon capture techniques and the current CO2 shortage across the country.

The Daily Mail

23 September 2021

Combining biosciences with engineering

Biochemical engineering is at the heart of bio-based industries. Dr Seetharaman Vaidyanathan discusses and the emerging bioeconomy further with The Statesman.

The Statesman

22 September 2021

Professor Jim Litster announced as a new Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering has elected Professor Jim Litster to its Fellowship having made an exceptional contribution to Chemical Engineering.

Royal Academy of Engineering

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The University of Sheffield
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