University of Sheffield

Back in April, we first heard about a 3D-printed UAV airframe that could be fabricated within 24 hours. Its recently-announced successor now features integrated electric ducted fan motors.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield, UK have built a spray-on solar cell that uses perovskite as the light-absorbing layer. Although the cell's efficiency is only 11 percent, it can be manufactured very cheaply, paving the way for reductions in the cost of large-scale solar panel production.

The University of Sheffield has revealed the “world’s first air-cleansing poem” – a combination of a new work by award-winning writer Simon Armitage and a chemical formula developed at Sheffield by Professor Tony Ryan.

An international team of scientists has developed a method that allows them to pinpoint a person’s geographical origin going back 1,000 years. Known as the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) tool, the method is accurate enough to locate the village from which the subject’s ancestors came.

Engineers at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Center have created a 3D-printed UAV airframe that's designed to minimize the amount of material needed in its construction, and that can be printed and in the air within a single day.

The P-MOB prototype electric car can travel up to 20 km (12 miles) using electricity generated by its own onboard solar cells. It has two motors and two differentials – one assigned to each axle – essentially giving it 4-wheel drive.

“Biomass” is the seventh ESA Earth Explorer satellite to get the nod and is aimed at determining the amount of biomass and carbon stored in the world’s forests with unprecedented accuracy.

IBM is developing a prototype robot that’s a combination of a smartphone app and a camera/projector mounted on a robot arm, to allow supervisors and experts to have a more active presence on the job.

A vibrating helmet that uses ultrasound to detect walls and other obstacles is being designed to help guide firefighters through smoke-filled rooms.

Members of the University of Sheffield’s Maths society have devised a formula for the perfect Christmas tree

Researchers across a number of UK universities have developed a touchscreen computer system to help tackle the growing yet relatively unknown problem of malnutrition in older adults.

Scientists are working on creating a computer model of the honey bee's brain, which they hope to use in tiny autonomous flying robots.