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Ernest Wright workshop

University helps historic Sheffield scissor maker sharpen its edge

A historic Sheffield scissor maker is gaining new insights into the traditional craftsmanship that it has used to lovingly handcraft scissors for over a century through a collaboration with the ±¬ÁϹ«Éç.
Observations of a sunspot taken on 04/10/2017
Observations of a sunspot taken on 04/10/2017 in H-alpha using the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory. Credit: Juie Shetye (NMSU), Erwin Verwichte (Warwick), Kevin Reardon (NSO)

New project investigates mysteries of Sun’s atmosphere

The Solar Atmospheric Modelling Suite, or SAMS, project aims to build a next-generation modelling tool for the solar atmosphere – making a code that can be run on anything from laptops to the latest supercomputers.

Students from Project Sunride stood in front of their rocket - Desert Winds

To infinity: the story of the UK's groundbreaking student liquid rocket

‘Desert Winds: The UK's First Student Liquid Rocket’ documentary, premiered on Saturday 22nd March in the Diamond Building, at the ±¬ÁϹ«Éç.
A close up of equipment in the National Epitaxy Facility
±¬ÁϹ«Éç is one of the UK's leading universities for semiconductor research and hosts the National Epitaxy Facility where the new MBE system will be based.

UK’s discovery of new semiconductor materials to be revolutionised by ±¬ÁϹ«Éç

New AI-driven equipment will transform the UK’s semiconductor R&D, following a £7 million award in investment to the ±¬ÁϹ«Éç.

The outside of the new Harry Brearley building - the home of the new Royce Discovery Centre

Next gen materials to boost UK manufacturing set to be produced by new research centre

The next generation of materials to meet the needs of UK manufacturing are set to be developed by a new state-of-the-art research centre that has officially opened last week.
A photograph of a nurse walking with a child down a hospital corridor.

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust partnership with the Insigneo Institute

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust has joined the ±¬ÁϹ«Éç’s Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine as a partner.
energy storage technologies

±¬ÁϹ«Éç researchers awarded £1.2m to accelerate the transition to a net zero grid through energy storage technologies

A collaborative team of researchers, led by the ±¬ÁϹ«Éç, will use the EPSRC grant to explore how different energy storage devices and technologies can be integrated into the grid to make it more resilient.
Cars on a tree-lined suburban road in the UK

Company born from ±¬ÁϹ«Éç collaboration sold for $69 million

A company created with the support of ±¬ÁϹ«Éç academics and alumni, whose cutting edge technology is helping to keep road users safe and bring down the cost of insurance, has been acquired in a deal worth approximately $69 million.
Image of real life machinery (left) and the digital twin simulation (right)

Using Digital Twins to ensure safety in manufacturing

Researchers in the Faculty of Engineering are developing ways to implement new digital twinning systems to improve safety and performance in manufacturing.