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Professor Guy Brown and Dr Ning Ma with the CIDRZ team at the field recording site at Kanyama Level One Hospital, Lusaka.
Professor Guy Brown and Dr Ning Ma with the CIDRZ team at the field recording site at Kanyama Level One Hospital, Lusaka.

Computer Science academics strengthen AI health research links with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)

Dr Ning Ma and Professor Guy Brown from the School of Computer Science recently visited Zambia to initiate a second project that will research the potential of using AI analysis of cough sound to screen for tuberculosis (TB).
John Crane

New University of Sheffield and John Crane partnership to drive clean energy innovation

The University of Sheffield has launched a new partnership with John Crane, a global leader in rotating equipment solutions and energy transition technologies and services.
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The University of Sheffield forges global ties in Kazakhstan

Memorandum of Understanding with Eurasian National University signed and engineering delegates explore opportunities in Kazakhstan with a view to collaborate on research projects in civil engineering, joint programmes and structured internships.
Professor Timothy O'Farrell in the National 6G Radio Systems Facility at the University of Sheffield
Professor Timothy O'Farrell FREng will work closely with industrial sponsor Keysight Technologies to overcome key challenges in the development of 6G mobile networks.

University of Sheffield engineering professor set to drive development of 6G networks

A University of Sheffield professor is set to play a key role in developing the next generation of mobile networks - 6G - after being awarded a new Research Chair from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Dr Tuck Seng Wong

How is a vaccine engineered?

Dr Tuck Seng Wong from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering points out that engineering a vaccine is a complex process. He also highlights that to ensure future medicine security it is vital to train next-generation engineer

| Express Pharma

New blast laboratory to help protect against terrorist attacks

A new world class laboratory that is set to develop an unprecedented insight into the behaviour of explosives - data which could help to improve the UK’s ability to protect against terrorist attacks - is being launched by engineers at the University
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Next generation of autonomy inspired by insects being developed by Department of Computer Science spin out

Based on eight years of research led by Professor James Marshall and Dr Alex Cope, Opteran is pioneering lightweight, low cost silicon brains to enable robots and autonomous vehicles to see, sense, navigate and make decisions.
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Global disinformation report calls for Internet companies to fact-check all political content and limit the reach of electoral falsehoods

Internet companies should apply fact-checking to all political content published by politicians, political parties and their affiliates to help tackle the spread of disinformation, according to a new report from the Department of Computer Science.

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British Steel enhancing rail products in major R&D partnership with University of Sheffield engineers

British Steel will enhance its range of world class rail products and services by embarking on a multi-million-pound research and development (R&D) programme with engineers from the University of Sheffield.