Bringing greener flights closer to reality, a UK government funded initiative aims to commercialise Sheffield’s innovative Power-to-Liquid (PtL) pathway by using renewable energy and carbon capture technology to produce cleaner aviation fuel. The project, named NextGen-SAF, will establish a world-first demonstration plant. By combining a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) and an Advanced Fischer-Tropsch (AFT) […]
Research in focus
Sheffield’s cross-faculty research centres harness the University’s wealth of interdisciplinary expertise and excellence to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. Here are four examples of how they’re changing the world for the better.
AI tool predicts kidney failure six times faster than human experts
Between 30,000 to 70,000 people in the UK have ADPKD, a common inherited kidney condition caused by the growth of fluid-filled sacs in the kidneys. The condition is currently monitored using repeated measurements of kidney enlargement from patient MRI scans, a labour-intensive process that takes hours of staff time. To improve care for those living […]
New imaging technology uncovers protein abnormality in MND
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a muscle wasting condition caused by messages from the brain’s motor neurons not reaching the muscles, causing them to weaken. Around 5,000 people in the UK have the disease at any one time and currently there is no cure. Scientists at the University of Sheffield’s world-leading Institute for Translational Neuroscience […]