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Sheffield-conceived satellite to map Earth’s forest in 3D for the first time to help combat climate change

A satellite conceived at the University of Sheffield and developed by British academics and engineers is set to become the first in the world to measure the condition of the Earth's forests from space.

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Professor Robertus von Fay-Siebenburgen awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize

Robertus has received their award for outstanding contributions to solar theory over the decades and innovative approaches and leadership for ground-based solar instrumentation with application to space weather.
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New Fellowship funds smart drug development

Dr. Denis Hartmann has been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to support his research to develop new drug delivery methods.
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Sheffield's massive LEGO ATLAS detector model launches

Discover the gigantic, Sheffield-made LEGO model of the ATLAS detector, designed by particle physics researcher Nathan Readioff.
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UK’s future space scientists take off in world’s largest rocket firing competition finale

Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers & scientists have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition (25 June - 11 July).
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New collaboration harnesses COVID methods to combat multi-billion threat to UK forests

Harnessing methods used to successfully predict and understand the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic, a new University of Sheffield project aims to combat the impact of forest diseases that can cost the UK economy billions.