News News stories Find out about the latest Physics and Astronomy news from the University of Sheffield. 28 March 2024 Dilution refrigerator which will support research into quantum technology unveiled A dilution refrigerator which can provide an ultra-low temperature environment close to zero to support research into dark matter has been unveiled in the Department of Physics. 15 November 2023 Sheffield astronomers help discover signs of life in a star’s explosive death Astrophysicists have settled the debate over the nature of a rare type of stellar explosion, thanks to a camera designed and built at the University of Sheffield. The Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) 230307A and its associated kilonova explosion. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Levan (Radboud University and University of Warwick) 27 October 2023 Sheffield astronomers help to confirm heaviest elements in the Universe are formed in kilonovae Astrophysicists are one step closer to understanding how the heaviest chemical elements are created in the universe, thanks to a camera designed and built at the University of Sheffield. Search University spin-out wins prestigious award for innovative work to improve rail network Geoptic is helping Network Rail to investigate the overburden of tunnels using non-invasive imaging techniques drawn from particle physics. 10 July 2020 Researcher wins prize for work on gravitational wave telescope Dr Martin Dyer has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s Patricia Tomkins Thesis Prize. 19 June 2020 Chance of finding young Earth-like planets higher than previously thought, say Sheffield scientists The team of researchers and undergraduate students studied these young Earth-like planets called magma ocean planets. 5 June 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. 29 April 2020 Scientists shed new light on the difference between matter and anti-matter New research by an international collaboration indicates a difference in the behaviour of neutrinos and antineutrinos. 17 April 2020 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Current page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 … Next page Next › Last page Last »