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22 January 2020

University of Sheffield engineers chosen to advise government on nuclear waste management

Laser treatment of a tumour - illustration

16 August 2019

Tiny fluorescent carbon dots could make cancer treatment safer and more effective

A pioneering new technique that could make light-based cancer treatment more effective and safer for patients, while reducing its cost, has been developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield.

2 January 2020

Professor Derek Sinclair receives prestigious RSC award

Professor Derek Sinclair, Professor of Materials Chemistry in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named as the recipient of the Peter Day Award by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Fabricated composite samples with attached actuator layer; a thin epoxy-ferrite actuator was attached to the composite to be used for sensing purposes.

12 December 2019

Magnetostrictive composite inspection for structural health monitoring commended at Tech Briefs Design the Future design Contest

An idea developed by University staff has placed in the top five of the Aerospace and Defense category in the 'Create the Future' Design Contest and in the top 100 design ideas from over 1,000 entries, receiving an honourable mention.

Surface Characterisation at the Most Fundamental Level: Atomic Force Microscopy comes to the Henry Royce Institute in Sheffield

The very first Nano-Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscope in Europe is now up and running at the Henry Royce Institute in Sheffield.

5 November 2019

Immobilising Japan’s plutonium

Our researchers have shared the latest strategies for plutonium immobilisation with visitors from the Japanese Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (CNIC).

12 August 2019

Sheffield pushes the boundaries of industrialised Additive Manufacturing through new research programmes with GKN Aerospace

The University of Sheffield is pooling expert knowledge from across its Faculty of Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to partner in two new £33m Additive Manufacturing (AM) projects led by aerospace giant GKN Aerospace - DAM and AIRLIFT.

21 June 2019