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Over 200 PhD Students present their work at the annual Faculty of Science Graduate School Showcase
This year’s highly-anticipated Faculty of Science Graduate School Showcase took place on Tuesday 17th April, in the Octagon Centre. Over 200 PhD students representing each of the seven science departments at Sheffield presented their research in poster form at this exciting annual interdisciplinary event.
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Physics students represent University of Sheffield on China trip
Two physics undergraduates have been representing the University of Sheffield in China, to help students there prepare for studying in the UK.
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Sheffield scientists 'see the chemistry' of bacterial cell walls to aid new antibiotic insights
University of Sheffield researchers have paved the way for new insights into how antibiotics kill bacteria, by capturing highly detailed new images of bacterial cell walls.
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Revolutionary high-speed camera captures movies of space on world's largest telescope
A new camera which can take more than 1,000 images per second and will revolutionise scientists’ understanding of stars and black holes has gone live on the world’s largest optical telescope.
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Interview with Professor Davide Costanzo, ATLAS Computing Co-ordinator
From Sheffield to CERN, we caught up with Professor Davide Costanzo to hear how he's settling into life on the ATLAS project.
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Paul Blomfield, MP for Sheffield Central visits the Department of Physics and Astronomy
This week we were delighted to welcome Paul Blomfield MP when he visited the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield.
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Overabundance of massive stars gives new insights into the universe
An international team of astronomers has revealed an astonishing overabundance of massive stars in a neighbouring galaxy.
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PhD student awarded prestigious physics prize
A PhD student from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been honoured with a prestigious award in recognition of his outstanding work in neutrino physics.
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New super-resolution probe captures cells in unprecedented detail
Scientists have developed a new technique to capture images of the nucleus of a cell in unprecedented detail, paving the way for new insights into human disease and ageing.
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Astronomers capture spectacular images of supernova light echoing through space
Astrophysics researchers have released incredible new images that show an explosive gush of light as it reverberates through space for years after the star death that originally caused it.
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Scientists discover new insight into nature's own Death Star beams
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have moved a step closer to understanding nature’s own Star Wars Death Star beams – ultra powerful jets of energy that shoot out from the vicinity of black holes.
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Solar cell pioneers win national award for exemplary innovation in physics
Ossila Limited, a pioneering company based at the University of Sheffield Innovation (USi) Centre, has been awarded the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Innovation Award in recognition of its solar cell prototyping platform.
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University of Sheffield benefits from £10 million investment to train the next generation of data scientists
Data intensive science in the UK has received a major boost thanks to an investment of almost £10 million to train the next generation of experts in this important research area.
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Gravitational waves: scientists see binary two neutron stars colliding to form black hole
An international team of scientists has today (Monday 16 October 2017) announced they have detected the debris cast off by colliding neutron stars 130 million light-years away – an unprecedented milestone in our quest to understand more about time and space.
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Beyond graphene: 2D materials and the future of electronics
Researchers from Sheffield and Manchester are leading in the exploration of two-dimensional materials for use in photonics, following a new £1.2m grant funded by the Engineering and Sciences Research Council.