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New international project targets lightweight solar power for underused rooftops and sides of buildings

The project brings together Power Roll (UK), Dyenamo AB (Sweden), and the University of Sheffield (UK) to address key manufacturing and materials challenges that currently limit the commercialisation of perovskite solar cells.

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A Sheffield physicist awarded prestigious fellowship to hunt for dark matter

Professor Ed Daw has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship to pioneer research into one of the universe's greatest mysteries - dark matter.
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Scientists discover new energy-boosting mechanism in photosynthesis

Researchers have made a new discovery showing how certain photosynthetic bacteria utilise a sophisticated quantum mechanism to increase their efficiency when capturing sunlight.
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University of Sheffield physicists secure key role in £15M international push to upgrade CERN’s ATLAS experiment

Physicists are embarking on a major international construction project to install a pioneering tracking system at CERN, designed to help the world’s largest experiment ATLAS handle unprecedented data levels.
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When science shapes culture: A ‘Good in Theory’ takeover part 2

Listen now to find out how a wrong theory helped clean up our cities, and at what happens when ideology keeps a dead theory on life support.