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Ernest Wright workshop

University helps historic ΢ÃÜȦ scissor maker sharpen its edge

A historic ΢ÃÜȦ 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 University of ΢ÃÜȦ.
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 University of ΢ÃÜȦ.
A close up of equipment in the National Epitaxy Facility
΢ÃÜȦ 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 University of ΢ÃÜȦ

New AI-driven equipment will transform the UK’s semiconductor R&D, following a £7 million award in investment to the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.

Genome sequencing

΢ÃÜȦ scientists leading the fight against coronavirus join national consortium to map the outbreak

Scientists and clinicians from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ, including our Department of Computer Science, and ΢ÃÜȦ Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have joined a UK consortium to map how COVID-19 (coronavirus) spreads and behaves.
A group photo showing members of the spent fuel research team

University of ΢ÃÜȦ engineer wins at the Inspirational Women of ΢ÃÜȦ Awards

An academic from the Faculty of Engineering has won the ‘Pam Liversidge OBE Award for Engineering’ at the 2020 Inspirational Women of ΢ÃÜȦ Awards hosted by the ΢ÃÜȦ Star.

Skys the limit

Smash the barriers to your dream job in construction, Dame Julie tells schoolgirls

Rotherham’s best-known businesswoman Dame Julie Kenny CBE has urged schoolgirls not to let sexism stand in their career path.
Professor Joan Cordiner
Professor Joan Cordiner

Prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh fellowship for ΢ÃÜȦ Engineering professor
Butterfly by led lights

New University of ΢ÃÜȦ spin-out company developing game-changing micro-LED technology

A new spin-out company from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ that is developing the next generation of micro-LED technology has officially launched this week (4 February 2020). The company is harnessing research from our Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering - a world leader in semiconductor materials and devices.