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This area contains news from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø since October 2020. For stories from 2010 to October 2020, use the 'News archive' above or search at the top of the page.
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Hundreds of genetic links to osteoarthritis unlocked in landmark study

Over 900 genetic links to osteoarthritis, including 500 that have never been reported before, have been uncovered in breakthrough research from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield.
Dr Sabine Little stood with a group of children looking at the camera in a school setting at one of her previous Storytelling events.
Dr Sabine Little at a storytelling event with local school students. Credit: Ross Jarman

Sheffield declared a UK City of Languages

Sheffield is the latest city nationally to be declared a ‘City of Languages’, in a new initiative aimed at promoting and helping the city’s multilingualism to flourish.
A close up of equipment in the National Epitaxy Facility
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is one of the UK's leading universities for semiconductor research and hosts the National Epitaxy Facility where the new MBE system will be based.

UK’s discovery of new semiconductor materials to be revolutionised by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield

New AI-driven equipment will transform the UK’s semiconductor R&D, following a £7 million award in investment to the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield.

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New research reveals billions made by companies involved in UK border security

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over £5 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings.
Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign

Cutting farm nitrous oxide emissions helps climate and ozone layer

Farming methods can reduce nitrous oxide emissions without slowing down the overall recovery of the ozone layer, results from new research have shown.
Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards

Inaugural Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award winners announced

The outstanding achievements of colleagues and partners from across the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield and beyond were celebrated in the inaugural ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield Knowledge Exchange (KE) and Impact Awards.
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Record-breaking rocket launched by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield students

A supersonic rocket that has broken a series of UK and European altitude records, has been built by a team of students at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield.

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Important step forward in stem cell therapy for rare bowel disease

Stem cell therapy could be used to treat sufferers of a rare bowel disease, a new study led by researchers at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø College London (UCL), has demonstrated.
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Sheffield walkers raising thousands for life-changing MND research

Hundreds of staff, students and friends of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield are donning their walking boots today (Friday 28 June 2024) to raise vital funds for MND research, which will help to transform millions of lives.