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Pollution in cities damaging insects and ecosystems

High levels of pollution found in many of the world’s major cities are having negative effects on plants and insects, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.
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Decline in shorebirds linked to climate change, experts warn

Climate change could be responsible for a substantial decline in populations of shorebirds, say researchers at the University of Sheffield, following a study published in Science analysing population data over a period of 70 years.
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Codebreaker Turing’s theory explains how shark scales are patterned

A system proposed by world war two codebreaker Alan Turing more than 60 years ago can explain the patterning of tooth-like scales possessed by sharks, according to new research.
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Rebecca Corrigan Receives 2018 Lister Fellowship

Research Fellow Dr Rebecca Corrigan, who is studying ways to combat infectious disease has been awarded the prestigious Lister Fellowship for advances in biomedical science.
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New study discovers how cells vital for organ function arise during early human embryonic development

The team succeeded in generating relatively pure populations of trunk neural crest cells in the petri-dish from human pluripotent stem cells.