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Children interacting with a robot at Festival of the Mind

Festival of the Mind returns to Sheffield with mind-blowing free events across the city

A mind-blowing celebration of the University of Sheffield’s world-leading research is heading to the city centre this autumn, as Festival of the Mind returns with a variety of free live performances, exhibitions, films and interactive events.
The Silvia Bio team stood in the Heartspace buildng
The Silvia Bio team in the University's Engineering Heartspace building. The spinout is building on 20 years of biomanufacturing research at the University to help make critical therapeutics such as antibodies and gene therapies faster.

University of Sheffield spinout company raises £3 million to accelerate next-generation biomanufacturing

A University of Sheffield spinout company is set to help biopharmaceutical companies make complex medicines faster, more reliably and at lower cost, after raising £3 million in Seed funding.
A cigarette burns smoke

Smoking alters reproductive organs in both men and women, new study finds

Exposure to cigarette smoke could affect reproductive health, as new research identifies changes in biological processes involved in ovarian function and sperm production
Festival of Social Sciences 2024

Free family-friendly events heading to Sheffield as Festival of Social Science returns

A series of family-friendly events and activities is heading to Sheffield this month as the UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to the city to shine a light on how university research is tackling some of the most urgent problems facing society.
Two children receive their degrees from Sheffield Children's University

Universities launch South Yorkshire Children’s University partnership

The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University have launched a new partnership that will support the expansion of Children’s University in South Yorkshire.
Contact lens

'Smart contact lens' to detect eye infections

Using the new ‘smart contact lens’ could prevent deaths caused by fungal eye infections in developing countries
The River Don in Sheffield city centre

Chemical pollution in Yorkshire rivers to be studied in new project

Sheffield scientists are to investigate the impact of chemical pollution in Yorkshire’s rivers as part of a £1.6m study.
L-R: Professor Sharrack and Professor Snowden at the therapeutic apheresis unit, where stem cells are collected, at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

MS patients could be offered stem cell transplants as a first-line treatment in new world-first trial

A world-first trial is investigating if stem cell transplantation could be used in patients with aggressive multiple sclerosis (MS) as a first-line treatment.
An image of a wheelchair user with a companion outside together.

12,000 people in the UK become unpaid carers every day

Around 12,000 people become unpaid carers every day in the UK, according to new research from the Centre for Care at the University of Sheffield