Top 7 Sheffield Discoveries You Would Never Associate With the City

Sheffield's scientific legacy stretches far beyond steel, including Nobel-winning discoveries in medicine, chemistry and molecular science.

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Cecil Paine and therapeutic penicillin

Howard Florey and clinical penicillin

Hans Krebs and the Krebs Cycle

Lord Porter and flash photolysis

Richard Roberts and split genes

Harry Kroto and buckminsterfullerene

Fraser Stoddart and molecular machines

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