• Two-dimensional nanomaterial sets expansion record

    It is a common hack to stretch a balloon out to make it easier to inflate. When the balloon stretches, the width crosswise shrinks to the size of a string. Noah Stocek, a Ph.D. student collaborating with Western physicist Giovanni Fanchini, has developed a new nanomaterial that demonstrates the opposite of this phenomenon.

  • Two new appointments for Sheffield-based Altitude

    B2B specialist Amy Lloyd joins the Sheffield-based consultancy as a senior account manager and motorsport specialist Ellie Fish joins as Marketing Manager, focusing solely on Altitude’s F4 racing driver client, Rowan Campbell-Pilling. In just over two years, Altitude has grown from two to six permanent team members and offers PR, media relations, strategic communications, marketing services, crisis management, training, and social media support. The agency, which was named Best New UK PR...

  • Apple opens fourth Developer Academy in Indonesia

    Apple has announced a new Apple Developer Academy for Bali, which will have a nine-month program teaching coding, marketing and all the skills to create apps. Members of the Apple Developer Academies in Indonesia In 2018, Apple opened its first Apple Developer Academy in Indonesia, and since expanded it from Jakarta to Surabaya and Batam. Over 2,000 students have attended and Apple says that 90% of its graduates have gone on to what it calls meaningful employment. "We've seen many...

  • National development should be based on resource returns – Cheddar

    The leader of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako, also known as Cheddar, says that the country's development and national needs should be based on the returns from its natural resources.

  • A Sheffield Wednesday recap following QPR victory

    Gassama wasn’t meant to feature as heavily as he did at Loftus Road after being named on the bench for the clash with QPR, however an unfortunate early injury to Ian Poveda meant that he was on the pitch within half an hour of the game kicking off. The young former Paris Saint-Germain attacker scored the first and set up the second in the capital, but Wednesday probably should have had more than just a couple of goals given the game played out - though they could well have conceded, too. You can...

  • Northern Water to set quota next week

    Users of Colorado-Big Thompson water will receive 60% of what their shares entitle them, if the board of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District agrees with Northern Water staff.

  • Danny List Foundation Sets Golf Academy Roadmap

    List with some of the young golfers at the clinic Danny List Foundation, a golf talent development foundation, held a Junior Golf Clinic for young golfers in Accra over the weekend. Spearheaded by Danny List, a Ghanaian professional golfer based in the United States, the clinic formed part of activities earmarked for scouting and […]

  • Speedway: Sheffield Tigers historic memorabilia set for auction

    A piece of Sheffield speedway history is up for sale, bosses at a sports memorabilia auction say. Midlands Sports Auctions, a business based in the West Midlands, are selling what they have described as an original Sheffield Tigers race jacket. It is thought the jacket dates back to the 1960s or 70s. Sign up for our free newsletters now The catalogue shows a picture of the item, which features the tiger design which was featured on the Tigers’ race jackets for much of the 70s, including their...

  • Siblings live in pigpen following family tragedy in northern Vietnam

    Three children live alone without parents

  • South Korea's follow-up to AI Safety Summit set for May

    The UK government has announced the follow-up to last year’s AI Safety Summit will take place in South Korea in late May. The AI Seoul Summit, taking place on 21 and 22 May, will follow on from discussions between world leaders, tech companies and researchers started at the UK’s Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit held […]

  • Young Sheffield Wednesday midfielder set for contract reward in S6

    Thornton has been with the Owls for a decade having joined the U8s, and in the last couple of years has made great strides in his progression up through the ranks at Middlewood Road, turning out for both the U18s and U21s before technically being part of each age group. Now, having just turned 18, The Star understands that the talented teen is being eyed up for a first professional contract at S6 after a strong season in the youth ranks, and should he stick around then he’ll be hoping to follow...

  • Sheffield lawyers help garden centre purchase come to fruition

    The new owners of a popular Sheffield garden, nursery and aquatics centre are set to grow the site into a community hub after help from city lawyers Wake Smith Solicitors. Reverend Dave Walker and his son William have bought Birley Moor Garden Centre and Aquatics from previous owners Chris and Margaret Dale, who are retiring having run the facility since the early 1990s. The Mosborough-based duo, who have held the garden centre in high regard after Dave first went there with his father at six...