Comment Publications Carbon, candles and more: how candle soot became a wonder – Manasi Mulay Grantham Scholar Manasi Mulay how candle soot can be used for everything from self-cleaning materials to cell phone batteries. Damage caused to paintings in churches by candle soot has been observed for years. Little did anyone know that this soot would lead scientists to discover scientific wonders. Carbon: emperor of […] Read More
Publications SDG 2 Zero Hunger SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation Stomatal density & morphology impact on water-use efficiency Grantham Scholar Ligia Bertolino publishes Impact of Stomatal Density and Morphology on Water-Use Efficiency in a Changing World. This paper […] Read More
Latest News SDG 2 Zero Hunger From Sheffield to Za’atari and back: feeding the world with foam An abandoned school isn’t where you’d expect to find researchers trying to solve the problem of feeding a world of […] Read More
Latest News IWD 2019: Busting stereotypes in engineering For International Women’s Day 2019 the University of Sheffield highlighted women who help to create a gender-balanced world. Our director Rachael […] Read More
Comment Latest News #BalanceForBetter at the Grantham Centre by Deborah Beck The theme for International Women’s Day 2019 is #balanceforbetter. Here, Grantham Centre Manager Deborah Beck explains why balance is better […] Read More
Latest News Publications SDG 2 Zero Hunger Emissions from fenland agricultural peat by Magdalena Matysek Grantham Scholar Magdalena Matysek is the first author of paper on emissions from fenland agricultural peat. Read More
Latest News SDG 13 Climate Action Grantham Scholars join Sheffield children in environmental crisis protest Grantham Scholars join hundreds of children at Sheffield Town Hall at a protest about the environmental crisis. Grantham Scholars Rohit Chakraborty, […] Read More
Publications Research SDG 2 Zero Hunger SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation NEW PAPER: Circular economy fertilization by Emanga Alobwede Congratulations to Grantham Scholar Emanga Alobwede for her paper on algal species as soil improvers. Published in 2019, this is […] Read More
Comment Latest News Policy Scientific advice and the SDGs in a post-truth world: INGSA 2018 Grantham Scholar George Asiamah looks at scientific advice, policy and the tension between populist politics and science. Introduced by Professor […] Read More
Latest News Research SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production Plastics: Redefining Single-Use stakeholders meet up Our £1 million UKRI funded Plastics: Redefining Single-Use got off to a flying start. Our 2 day stakeholder event allowed […] Read More