Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield present Nanomaterials in Healthcare: Sheffield’s Universities in Partnership with Yorkshire Business, an opportunity for local and regional businesses, academics and healthcare providers to discover opportunities for innovation in healthcare by the application of nanotechnology. This free to attend event at Sheffield City Hall on Monday 14 June […]

InCrops Enterprise Hub in conjunction with Centre for Sports and Exercise at the University of Essex are holding a half day event for businesses focused on Bio Based Materials in Sport on the afternoon of April 20 at the University of Essex in Colchester. This event will inform businesses and industries associated with sports and […]

This year the Hatfield Memorial Lecturer will be Professor Anthony J Ryan OBE, FRSC, FIMMM, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Science, the University of Sheffield, discussing The Materials Requirements of the Origin of Life. Over the last decade, metallurgy and materials science have been dominated by the recognition that exercising control at the nanoscale can […]

Polymers and the “Real Crystal Ball” – Building New Polymers by Molecular Design.  Tom McLeish, Alexi Likhtman and Ian Robinson, will present their insights into how molecular design can be used to improve polymers.  This will be followed by a discussion as to the challenges and opportunities presented for the building of new polymers by molecular […]

The Polymer Innovation Network and the Polymer IRC are running a free workshop on Clever Polymers, for packaging and labelling applications especially, at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, from 10am on Tuesday March 17. After short introductory, open-ended presentations from the keynote speakers, the challenges and opportunities presented for smart polymers in packaging and […]