News and features News stories The latest news and research from the Lord Porter Ultra Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory. Search Developing sensors to detect phosphates in soil New £1.8m research project led by the University of Sheffield is supporting the development of sensors to detect phosphate in soil, to help farmers increase their crop yield and reduce fertiliser use. 26 February 2020 Q+A with Professor Julia Weinstein Last year, the University of Sheffield's new facility for ultrafast laser spectroscopy was opened by Lady Porter in honour of her late husband George, a Nobel Prize winner and former lecturer in our department. 29 January 2019 Lord Porter laser laboratory opened in Nobel Prize winner's memory An ultrafast laser spectroscopy laboratory that will help scientists investigate all aspects of light-matter interaction in condensed phase, has been officially opened in the Department of Chemistry. 17 April 2018 The 1967 Nobel Prize: Fifty years later 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Manfred Eigen, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and former University of Sheffield professor, George Porter. 6 December 2017 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2