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Students from Project Sunride stood in front of their rocket - Desert Winds

Chasing a UK liquid launch: University of Sheffield’s bid shows the promise of the student rocketry scene

In the UK’s thriving rocketry community, student teams have become complex engineering outfits that prepare graduates with hands-on skills. Project Sunride features in Ingenia examining its bid to launch their first liquid-fuelled rocket in the UK.

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University of Sheffield students tackle overlooked women’s health crisis

Urgent and overlooked challenges in women’s healthcare are being tackled by the next generation of innovators at the University of Sheffield, through a new initiative accelerating solutions to some of the most under-addressed areas of global health
Margaret Colling, a retired Librarian, holding her phone up at a bus stop with the Let's Talk AI campaign webtoon in the background.
Margaret Colling, a retired librarian and grandmother of three from Morecambe, is the voice of a new campaign launched by the University of Sheffield to help people better understand AI.

UK’s first community-designed AI awareness campaign launched by University of Sheffield researchers

A new AI awareness campaign designed to address people’s fears and questions about the technology, has been launched by researchers from the University of Sheffield.
A glowing digital representation of a DNA double helix structure, composed of particles and light effects, symbolizing genetics, biotechnology, and molecular science.

DNA shape explains crucial gene-therapy challenges, study finds

A mystery surrounding why powerful gene-editing technology that has driven major advances in medicine over the past decade can sometimes make mistakes, has been solved with the help of scientists from the University of Sheffield.
The outside of Bath Abbey on a warm summer's day

Historic buildings could be protected from rising energy bills by solar panels

Solar panels could be used to help protect key historic buildings from the rising cost of energy bills whilst also reducing their carbon footprint, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
Damaged buildings in a coastal region of East Japan following a tsunami

Fukushima simulant material to provide major boost to cleanup effort

A new simulation of the most dangerous radioactive debris remaining at the Fukushima nuclear power plant that could provide a huge boost to the cleanup operation, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
A mixture of magnetic and acoustic waves inside a spot on the Sun

Sunspot three times the size of Earth provides a major advance in stellar physics

A major new breakthrough that could help scientists more accurately understand the effect of magnetic fields on the oscillations of stars, has been made by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

Dr Candice Majewski

Academic short-listed for 3D Printing Innovator Award

Dr Candice Majewski, a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, has been nominated by her peers in the 3D printing community for this year’s TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award.
Dr Joe Price
Joe Price, advisor for ReNewFood

Researcher receives Enterprise Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering

Joe Price has been announced as a winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Enterprise Fellowship for his work with the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering’s spin-out company ‘Evolutor’.