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Ernest Wright workshop

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ 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 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.
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 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.
A close up of equipment in the National Epitaxy Facility
9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ 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 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield

New AI-driven equipment will transform the UK’s semiconductor R&D, following a £7 million award in investment to the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.

Students walking towards a building on Penn State's campus with lots of green spaces and trees around them

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield expands research partnership with Penn State

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ and Pennsylvania State 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ have agreed to expand their research partnership which will drive their joint research and innovation in more areas such as energy, materials science, semiconductors and sustainability
Tuck Seng Wong stood outside the Sir Frederick Mappin building

Sheffield to lead £7.6 million UK-South East Asia Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub

A new vaccine manufacturing hub designed to address current and future pandemics/epidemics in South East Asia is to be led by 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield researchers.
A person interacting with a chatbot on their laptop

Security threats in AIs such as ChatGPT revealed by researchers

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT can be tricked into producing malicious code, which could be used to launch cyber attacks, according to research from the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.
Engineering Heartspace building entrance

Engineering ranked in the Top 100 in the 2024 Times Higher World Subject Rankings.

The Faculty of Engineering is recognised as a top university in today’s (26 October 2023) announcement by the Times Higher World Subject Rankings.

Digital Health Hub

South Yorkshire leads the UK’s digital healthcare revolution

An ambitious new digital healthcare hub in South Yorkshire is set to lead the UK’s digital health revolution and address inequalities in patient care.