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16 December 2021

New material research aims to reduce the environmental impact of both cement and steel industries.

Taking waste products from the steel industry and using them as a base material for cement production will lessen the environmental impact of both industries and reduce the dependence on raw materials that result in the release of carbon dioxide.

10 December 2021

Leading academic appointed to Chief Scientist role at Radioactive Waste Management

Neil Hyatt, Professor of Radioactive Waste Management, will be leaving the University of Sheffield in the new year to take up the position of Chief Scientist at Radioactive Waste Management.

A close up of PP mesh material before and after being tested using the new method — PP mesh - the cause of the vaginal mesh scandal - before and after being tested using the new method. The test shows that the PP mesh starts to crack after being tested in conditions similar to inside the human body.

9 December 2021

Repeat of vaginal mesh scandal could be prevented by new early warning system

A new way of testing biomaterials that could help to avoid a repeat of the vaginal mesh scandal, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

Materials Science and Engineering PhD student James Mansfield explains the geological disposal of nuclear waste to primary school children

1 December 2021

Sheffield Scientist helps young people to understand the impact of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste on their community

If your community volunteers to be considered as a location for one of the UK’s long-term radioactive waste disposal sites, who better to talk to the young people in that community than someone who is researching the safe storage of these materials.

Boreholes proposed for UK’s nuclear waste

The entire UK inventory of high-level waste from fuel reprocessing could be disposed of in seven boreholes averaging 4.85km depth spread over an area less than three football pitches.

13 January 2022 | Published by The Engineer

Conventional refrigeration methods are very inefficient.

Materials discovery holds the key to efficient refrigeration

The world needs more efficient refrigeration. Could solid state refrigeration be the answer? Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering are developing new materials that could help this to become a reality.

8 November 2021

The Mary Rose on display in The Mary Rose Museum — Copyright: The Mary Rose Trust

The Mary Rose gets conservation boost from new x-ray technique

The Mary Rose - Henry VIII’s favourite warship - has received a major boost from a researcher at the University of Sheffield to help conserve the ship for future generations.

1 November 2021

University of Sheffield energy engineers selected to advise government on tackling ‘greenwashing’ and transitioning to net zero

Two experts from the University of Sheffield’s have been appointed by the government to advise on standards for green investment, helping to reduce ‘greenwashing’ and develop a framework for companies making environmentally sustainable choices.

29 September 2021

Materials researcher recognised as leader of innovation

Dr Theodore Hanein, a researcher from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship from UKRI to help fund his £2.5m “Green, Circular, and Smart Cement Manufacture” project.

9 September 2021