News News stories The latest developments in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. 9 April 2024 Replacing plastics with alternatives is worse for greenhouse gas emissions in most cases, study finds Substituting plastics with alternative materials is likely to result in increased GHG emissions, according to research from the University of Sheffield. 10 May 2024 Harnessing nature’s power: collaborative effort explores algae for lower-carbon road construction Researchers in the Department are part of a team developing a new method that uses algae as a biomass source material to produce ‘bio-bitumen’. 2 May 2024 Sheffield spinout company grows to lead on next generation biomedicines and bioprocesses SynGenSys, a fast-growing biotechnology company spun out of the University of Sheffield, has announced the appointment of new Commercial Operations Director. 30 April 2024 New network to drive harmonisation in product environmental sustainability assessment A new network led by Professor Rachael Rothman is launching to support the UK’s materials supply chain and policymakers in using life cycle assessment (LCA) more effectively to reduce environmental impacts across the supply chain. Published by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures Search New machine learning research could transform healthcare and energy storage Researchers at Sheffield are developing powerful machine learning algorithms that predict the structure of materials as they are created 31 May 2019 New Research Magazine The Department's new Research Magazine is published. 31 May 2019 Machine learning predicts mechanical properties of porous materials Dr Peyman Moghadam has used machine learning techniques to accurately predict the mechanical properties of metal organic frameworks. These could be used to extract water from the air in the desert, store dangerous gases or power hydrogen-based cars. 17 May 2019 Fixing the earth's climate Professor Peter Styring is developing a carbon capture and utilisation recycling pilot scheme with Tata Steel. 10 May 2019 The future of chemistry Dr Annette Taylor along with 57 other global scholars, tell us how chemistry will develop in the years to come in the 10th anniversary edition of 'Nature Chemistry'. 26 April 2019 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Current page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Next page Next › Last page Last »