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University 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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The University of Sheffield 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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University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

The University of Sheffield 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 University of Sheffield.
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Professor Bill Nimmo will become the Principal Editor for prestigious Elsevier journal FUEL

After many years as Associate Principal Editor of the Elsevier Journal, FUEL, Professor Bill Nimmo will be assuming the role of Principal Editor for regions managed from the UK office.

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How superfast charging batteries can help sell the transition to electric vehicles

Professor Solomon Brown and PhD student Rachel Lee write for The Conversation on the potential and pitfalls of superfast charging batteries.

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New paper explores unique carbon capture process for designing materials

Energy Institute member Professor Meihong Wang has had a new paper published exploring carbon capture techniques in the prestigious journal Energy & Environmental Science.
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Developments in the treatment of radioactive waste

Research groups in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have been looking into the safe disposal of radioactive waste materials generated through nuclear power generation and atomic weapon decommissioning.
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New projects will drive forward research into carbon capture and storage

Two Energy Institute members, Professor Jonathan Gibbins and Professor Lin Ma, have had projects funded by the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) in their 2020 Flexible Funding call.

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