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Potatoes are the nation’s most popular crop according to the first survey of own-grown fruit and vegetable production since the Dig for Victory campaign during the second world war

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have revealed the most plentiful fruit and vegetables grown across the UK in gardens and allotments.

The University of Sheffield unveils revolutionary multi-million pound electron microscopy facility

The facility will be used to exploit recent scientific developments that have revolutionised our ability to visualise the inner workings of living things.

Hungry birds as climate change drives food 'mismatch'

With continued spring warming expected due to climate change, scientists say hatching of forest birds will be increasingly mismatched with peaks in caterpillar numbers.

Photosynthetic protein structure that harvests and traps infrared light

A new study gives a pioneering insight into the efficiency and limits of the life-giving process, photosynthesis.

Sheffield scientists 'see the chemistry' of bacterial cell walls to aid new antibiotic insights