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15 February 2021

The quantum future of telescopes

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are using cutting-edge quantum physics to find ways of mapping the Universe in more detail than ever before. Professor Pieter Kok spoke to Quantum City to explain how.

Published on Quantum City

13 January 2021

University of Sheffield to lead multi-million pound project which could open up a new frontier in physics

Quantum Sensing for the Hidden Sector (QSHS), is the best supported and largest UK effort in hidden sector physics to date, and involves scientists from a range of disciplines within physics.

A researcher using an atomic force microscope

29 April 2020

New insight into bacterial surface architecture revealed

The study, published in Nature, will help scientists combat antibiotic resistance with findings that overturn previous theories about the structure of outer bacterial layers.

Top accolade for Sheffield masters student

Chemical physics student Emma Wall has been named Masters Student of the Year in the Postgrad Awards 2021.

8 July 2021

Get set for quantum age

Professors Dmitry Krizhanovskii and Pieter Kok wrote a piece for The Pioneer explaining how the principles underlying quantum technologies are well established, and have been brought to life in academic and industrial laboratories.

30 June 2021 | Published by The Pioneer

University of Sheffield researchers awarded £6.1m to study light emitting semiconductors for quantum science and technology

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have been awarded £6.1m to study light emitting semiconductor nanostructures.

28 June 2021

PhD student awarded prestigious Institute of Physics scholarship

Helen Maguire has received one of eight Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship awards this year.

2 June 2021 | Published by Institute of Physics

Sheffield researchers find solution to reduce waste in solar cell production

Scientists have discovered a more efficient way of storing the chemical compounds used in perovskite solar cells that could help make the manufacturing process more efficient and create less waste.

28 May 2021