Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has officially opened a major solar farm on the roof of a University of Sheffield building, as part of a £120,000 investment hoped to help lead the way in photovoltaic research and boost our knowledge of renewable energy. The Liberal Democrat leader was given a tour of Sheffield Solar Farm, […]

The University of Sheffield has announced a new initiative in knowledge transfer, connecting industry with the Department of Chemistry’s experts in organic chemical synthesis. S3: Sheffield Synthesis Solutions is a consortium of four academics, with extensive expertise in the development and application of new synthetic methods. Professor Richard Jackson, Professor Iain Coldham, Professor Joe Harrity […]

Prof David Lidzey of Sheffield’s Department of Physics and Astronomy is to participate in BBC Radio 4’s Material World on Thursday August 12 at 4:30pm. He will talk about the work of the Electronic and Photonic Molecular Materials (EPMM) research group in the area of polymer-based photovoltaic devices. Material World is Radio 4’s weekly dissection […]