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AI could learn from data beyond vision and language to make it more practical, trustworthy and improve its understanding.

New ‘blueprint’ for advancing practical, trustworthy AI

A new ‘blueprint’ for building AI that highlights how the technology can learn from different kinds of data to make it more deployable in the real world, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield and the Alan Turing Institute.
Professor Jim Wild with colleagues in front of an MRI scanner

Transformative lung imaging research recognised by international award

Professor Jim Wild, from the University of Sheffield, has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics (IOP) Peter Mansfield Prize for his distinguished contributions to lung imaging with hyperpolarised gas MRI
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Credit: Chris Tagg

Successful hatching for endangered giant tortoises with artificial incubation

Artificial incubation has led to the first successful hatching of Aldabra Giant Tortoises in the Seychelles, following groundbreaking University of Sheffield research.
Festival of Social Sciences 2024

From robotic sheepdogs to tackling global challenges: Explore the free Festival of Social Science in Sheffield

The UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to Sheffield this month to shine a light on how the city’s world-leading social scientists are tackling some of the most urgent problems facing society.
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Starting up in science

Scientists Alison Twelvetrees and Daniel Bose opened the doors to their new labs at the University of Sheffield, UK, in 2017.

| Published by Nature
An artist's impression of the new Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre

Major new sustainable aviation fuels centre to be built in South Yorkshire

A new centre that will lead research, innovation and commercial testing of sustainable aviation fuels - the first of its kind in the UK - is to be built by the University of Sheffield.
Exterior of Firth Court from the Concourse

University of Sheffield awarded renewed term as partner in the NIHR School for Public Health Research

The University of Sheffield has been awarded a third term of membership of the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) for another five years from 2022.
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Existing cancer drugs to be trialled as a new treatment for incurable breast cancer

A new clinical trial led by the University of Sheffield could bring hope to thousands of UK women living with incurable secondary breast cancer, also known as metastatic or Stage 4 breast cancer.
Stock markets

Collateralised loan obligations: why these obscure products could cause the next global financial crisis

A close cousin of the financial product which caused the 2007-09 crisis is reaching the equivalent market value in. Many within the financial services industry say there's nothing to worry about, but there are good reasons why they could be wrong.

| Published by The Conversation