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СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield Doctoral Researcher presents metamodel at international conference

Doctoral Research Liang Kong attended the World Sustainable Energy Days 2025 (WSED) event in Austria, as a young energy efficiency researcher.
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СŷÊÓƵ to co-lead £5m hub to support national nuclear waste strategy

The next generation of experts needed to safely and securely manage the UK’s legacy nuclear materials will be trained by The Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.

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СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

СŷÊÓƵ leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
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US and China lead G20 in search for hydrogen fuels

The US and China are leading the G20 in efforts to develop hydrogen fuels, according to new research from the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield.
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Blue Urea: A fertiliser with reduced environmental impact.

Scientists and engineers from the Energy Institute and Institute for Sustainable Food have created a fertiliser with reduced environmental impact called Blue Urea.
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Academic response: COP 25 conference will bring together world leaders to tackle climate change

Academics from the Energy Institute at the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield give their expert opinion on the key energy challenges that need to be addressed at the upcoming COP25 conference.
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Making water safe to drink in Egypt’s rural communities

A collaborative project between СŷÊÓƵ and Port Said СŷÊÓƵ in Egypt is developing a system to produce fresh, safe drinking water for rural communities.

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Devolution is needed to reduce emissions and transition to clean energy sources

More powers should be given to areas such as the Sheffield City Region to enable them to reduce their carbon emissions and switch to clean energy sources, according to a new report.
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Developing catalysts for zero-emission fuel cell technology

Researchers from the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield and Kyushu СŷÊÓƵ in Japan are developing catalysts for zero-emissions technology in hydrogen fuel cells, which have potential to be deployed in the automotive and power plant industry.