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Date Title
7 June 2013 Department of Physics and Astronomy to host major meeting on the future of fundamental physics
26 April 2013 Record-breaking pulsar takes tests of general relativity into new territory
10 January 2013 Professor Vik Dhillon is awarded the Jackson-Gwilt medal
21 November 2012 UK team helps to show for the first time that the dwarf planet 'Makemake' lacks atmosphere
5 November 2012 Long-baseline neutrino experiment (LBNE) passes surface operation and CD-1 reviews
26 April 2012 Astronomy Field Trip by University of Sheffield Students
8 February 2012 Sheffield Astrophysics Student in Exoplanet Study
15 June 2011 Important breakthrough in the study of neutrinos
13 June 2011 Ana Morales wins the Kroto Family Science Education Prize
07 April 2011 New results from the EDELWEISS-II dark matter search
08 December 2010 New insight into primordial universe from ATLAS at LHC
09 November 2010 Planetary system discovered around double stars
22 July 2010 Most massive stars ever discovered
22 June 2010 Ana Morales wins best poster prize
13 May 2010 Hubble Catches Heavyweight Runaway Star Speeding from 30 Doradus
22 March 2010 Sheffield physicists make significant contribution in first measurements in the L.H.C
01 March 2010 Particle physics know-how could save lives
28 January 2010 Black Hole Hunters Set New Distance Record
07 October 2009 Directing the movement of single molecules
22 September 2009 Professor Gillian Gehring honoured by the Institute of Physics
17 July 2009 Yorkshire physicists remembered
07 July 2009 Institute of Physics prizes for Sheffield Physicists
26 June 2009 Institute of Physics Polymer Physics Group prize
21 May 2009 Professor Maurice Skolnick has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
18 March 2009 Look into the dark skies of Yorkshire
19 December 2008 Microscale swimmer developed
21 October 2008 Violent black holes
06 October 2008 Honorary Chairs for Gillian Gehring
06 October 2008 New book - "From Luminous Hot Stars to Starburst Galaxies"
05 September 2008 Sheffield team help unravel mysteries of the universe
22 April 2008 Sheffield scientists join the fight against terrorism
15 April 2008 University of Sheffield physicist seeks Dark Matter, finds Fellowship
25 March 2008 Prime Minister's Initiative-2 funding for Sheffield-Korea programme in astrophysics
25 February 2008 EU funding for the LAGUNA consortium
20 December 2007 Sheffield Physics society wins two awards
21 November 2007 Go ahead for LAGUNA design study
14 September 2007 Sheffield offers new route to science degrees
06 August 2007 A switchable glue
30 July 2007 A Micro Swimmer with a 'Jet Engine'
09 July 2007 Former student appointed to the Sutton Trust
25 June 2007 Professor David Melville CBE
18 June 2007 Sheffield involved in the installation of ATLAS at CERN
18 June 2007 Prof Richard Jones appointed as the Senior Strategic Advisor for Nanotechnology
18 June 2007 Sheffield postgrad a runner-up in Famelab
08 June 2007 Physics bursaries
30 April 2007 Sheffield propose a new nanomachine
27 March 2007 Sheffield postgrad wins regional FameLab
16 March 2007 Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Feasibility
27 February 2007 Collaboration with top Chinese astrophysics institute gets a boost
06 February 2007 University researchers discover cosmic cannibal
15 December 2006 Physics and Astronomy nominated for Outreach award
03 October 2006 Prof. Gillian Gehring becomes an Emeritus Professor
26 May 2006 Professor Richard Jones has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
14 May 2006 Seabed eye studies the secrets of space
25 April 2006 Primary science: physicists reach out to primary schools
19 April 2006 Poster Prize for Mahrous Ahmed
12 January 2006 Materials Science "hot" papers
09 August 2005 International Conference for Physics Students
09 June 2005 Ultracam - Astronomy in the fast lane