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Group of students cheering on stage celebrating Emerge Awards Showcase 26

The elite award showcase rewarding the founders of the future

Congratulations to James, John, Sujaya and William who won with their pitches to regional investors and business leaders at The Emerge: Be enterprising Awards Showcase this month.
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UK-first aviation fuel testing centre delivers first results in push for greener flights

The University of Sheffield has announced a major milestone in the push for greener aviation, as it produces its first report from testing a new sustainable aviation fuel.
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ARIA Funding Launches New Innovator Circle in Sheffield

Dr Charles Grellois, Lecturer in Verification at the School of Computer Science, has secured £20,000 in funding from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).

targetjobs UG of the Year Awards 2026

Faculty of Engineering students shortlisted for the targetjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards

We're thrilled to share that Computer Science student Jasper Sion and Civil & Structural Engineering student Hollie Wilson were shortlisted for the Engineer of the Year and Female Undergraduate of the Year Awards respectively -a fantastic achievement
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Joe Price, advisor for ReNewFood

The Flavours of Future-Food: How novel proteins will revolutionise taste and inspire a sustainable protein transition

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering's Joe Price explains how the ReNewFood project is aiming to create sustainable proteins that are healthier and more delicious than existing ones.
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World’s first net zero transatlantic flight to fly from London in 2023

The first ever net zero transatlantic flight will take off from the UK next year as part of a pioneering research project to fly across the pond using solely sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
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Experts say building standards are failing to deliver healthy ventilation

A panel of leading scientists and engineers contribute to a report on air pollution by England’s Chief Medical Officer.
An antimony-based LiDAR sensor chip seen close up being handled in a lab
Credit: Phlux Technology

University of Sheffield start-up secures £4m investment to bring ‘world first’ sensor to mass market

A University of Sheffield spin-out company has secured the backing of leading deep tech investors to bring its revolutionary infrared sensors - a game changer for robotics and self-driving machines - to the mass market.
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Multi-million pound project aims to combat disinformation with cutting edge artificial intelligence tools

A Department of Computer Science research team is collaborating on a major new European project to develop and build trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to deploy in the fight against increasingly sophisticated digital disinformation.