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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.

Sheffield astrophysicist's image makes ESA/Hubble's Picture of the Week

Dr Justyn Maund produced a spectacular close-up portrait of the spiral galaxy NGC 4603.

19 April 2021 | Published by ESA/Hubble

Researcher wins prize for Sheffield astroparticle physics thesis

Dr Jost Migenda was named winner of the Institute of Physics' Astroparticle Physics Thesis Prize.

15 April 2021

Q+A: Professor Gillian Gehring

8 March 2021

Q+A: PhD student Mary O'Kane on perovskite solar cells

A postgraduate researcher in the electronic and photonic molecular materials research group explains how she got involved in solar technology research and her work on perovskites.

22 February 2021

University of Sheffield a partner in world’s first quantum devices foundry

The University of Sheffield is part of a new consortium of academic and industrial partners that will bring quantum devices to 21st century applications.

18 December 2020