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3 August 2021

How augmented clinical trials are accelerating a vaccine for tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an endemic infectious disease that affects many of the world's poorest populations. By using the latest techniques in mathematical modelling, augmented clinical trials could help researchers develop an affordable vaccine.

25 March 2021

Alan Turing’s theory of biology is helping next generation of mathematicians crack the code

Mathematicians from the University of Sheffield are helping school children across the UK crack the code using Alan Turing’s theory of biology, to celebrate the new £50 note.

15 January 2021

Algebraic geometer awarded Royal Society Research Professorship

Professor Tom Bridgeland is a recipient of the Royal Society's premier research award, which will fund Tom’s research for five years, in the first instance, but can be renewed for up to 10.

Q+A: Dr Robert Kurinczuk on the Langlands programme

This week we're delighted to welcome Dr Robert Kurinczuk to the University of Sheffield as he begins an EPSRC Early Career Fellowship on 'Integral Structures in the Langlands Programme'. Here he tells about his career so far and plans for the future.

4 June 2021

How to extract vast amounts of energy from the solar photosphere: Anti-symmetric magnetic waves caught in action

A team of researchers have confirmed the existence of highly elusive antisymmetric torsional waves, also known as torsional Alfvén waves after Hannes Alfvén who predicted Alfvén waves theoretically in 1947.

10 May 2021

Cameron Heather, Benjamin Andrews, Elisabetta Dixon and Calum Hughes

Conferences and journals highlight Sheffield maths students’ research success

Cameron Heather, Benjamin Andrews and Calum Hughes spoke at the Institute of Mathematics’ undergraduate conference, while Elisabetta Dixon presented a poster at the London Mathematical Society’s Women in Mathematics conference.

5 May 2021

Professor Koji Ohkitani takes up prestigious new post in Japan

Koji will join the Research Institute in Mathematical Sciences at Kyoto University after 14 years here in Sheffield.

14 April 2021

Prestigious award for Sheffield statistician

Sara Hilditch, Director of the Statistical Services Unit, has received the Royal Statistical Society Chambers Medal for “outstanding service.”

6 April 2021