Coronavirus research: Innovation

We are at the forefront of innovative manufacturing research. Our staff from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), Nuclear AMRC and the Faculty of Engineering are using their skills, expertise and facilities to help provide vital equipment to the NHS.

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Sheffield facility awarded £7.9m to continue cutting edge medical research

A clinical research facility run by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £7.9m in funding which will support the development and testing of new treatments for diseases.

1 March 2022
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University and Council work together to help Sheffield hospitality businesses solve ventilation problems, reducing the spread of Covid-19

A new research project that could help hospitality venues improve their ventilation systems in order to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 over winter, is being launched by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

15 December 2021
Vaccines

Our vaccine production unit will help accelerate vaccine development and mass production

Our researchers are developing new ways to rapidly develop and mass manufacture new vaccines against Covid-19 and a range of other diseases.

15 December 2021

University of Sheffield researchers develop quicker, more accurate Covid test

University of Sheffield scientists and Yorkshire company Paraytec have developed a more accurate, efficient and low cost Covid-19 test.

26 November 2021
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Research trial of ‘smart’ hand sanitisers to help hand hygiene in offices

'Smart' hand sanitisers that can provide data on workplace hand hygiene are being trialled across the country, as part of research into how best to engage people with the latest Covid-19 workplace hand hygiene guidance.

12 February 2021
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Sheffield engineers manufacture SARS-CoV-2 virus components for COVID-19 antibody tests

Over the past two months colleagues from the department have collaborated to manufacture component parts of the COVID-19 coronavirus, including the characteristic ‘spike’ glycoprotein that protrudes from the surface of the virus.

4 June 2020
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Wastewater could be key to tracking a second wave of COVID-19

Researchers including engineers from the University of Sheffield are developing new techniques that could be used for a number of potential uses including to identify a second wave of the pandemic.

16 May 2020 | Published by the University of Sheffield
3D printed faceshields for NHS workers

3D printing face shields for doctors and healthcare workers

Our engineers are responding to a national call for help in the fight against coronavirus by 3D-printing face shields for doctors and healthcare workers.

15 April 2020

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