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Members of the GRAND committee hold a giant cheque for the Children's Hospital

CMBE's GRAND committee raises over £1000 for Sheffield Children's Hospital

The Graduate Research and Networking Development committee, within the School of CMBE, recently held its first-ever ball, raising a total of £1075.18 for the Sheffield Children's Hospital.
Ernest Wright workshop

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ helps historic Sheffield scissor maker sharpen its edge

A historic Sheffield scissor maker is gaining new insights into the traditional craftsmanship that it has used to lovingly handcraft scissors for over a century through a collaboration with the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.
Observations of a sunspot taken on 04/10/2017
Observations of a sunspot taken on 04/10/2017 in H-alpha using the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory. Credit: Juie Shetye (NMSU), Erwin Verwichte (Warwick), Kevin Reardon (NSO)

New project investigates mysteries of Sun’s atmosphere

The Solar Atmospheric Modelling Suite, or SAMS, project aims to build a next-generation modelling tool for the solar atmosphere – making a code that can be run on anything from laptops to the latest supercomputers.

Students from Project Sunride stood in front of their rocket - Desert Winds

To infinity: the story of the UK's groundbreaking student liquid rocket

‘Desert Winds: The UK's First Student Liquid Rocket’ documentary, premiered on Saturday 22nd March in the Diamond Building, at the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.
Dr Zoltan Kis

Vaccine development and mass-production set to be accelerated by new manufacturing unit

In a project led by Dr Zoltán Kis from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, researchers are developing new ways to rapidly develop and mass manufacture mRNA vaccines and therapeutics at low cost and high quality.

Professor Neil Hyatt

Leading academic appointed to Chief Scientist role at Radioactive Waste Management

Neil Hyatt, Professor of Radioactive Waste Management, will be leaving the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield in the new year to take up the position of Chief Scientist at Radioactive Waste Management.
A close up of PP mesh material before and after being tested using the new method
PP mesh - the cause of the vaginal mesh scandal - before and after being tested using the new method. The test shows that the PP mesh starts to crack after being tested in conditions similar to inside the human body.

Repeat of vaginal mesh scandal could be prevented by new early warning system

A new way of testing biomaterials that could help to avoid a repeat of the vaginal mesh scandal, has been developed by researchers from the Department of Materials Science & Engineering.
urban flows

Researchers awarded funding for data collection project aiming to improve energy efficiency of housing in Glasgow

In collaboration with the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), researchers from Sheffield’s Urban Flows Observatory have received funding from the UKRI-ESRC to develop means to monitor the environmental performance of the urban housing stock in Glasgow.