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A visual representation of AI learning from different kinds of data
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
Picture of a Aldabra Giant Tortoise hatchling
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.
Sheet Music

Mozart the performer: famous composer had a liberal approach to performing his string quartets and we should too

Music history tends to regard the musical works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a testament to his genius, but his manuscripts reveal that Mozart himself was more interested in creating exciting performances than building monuments to his legacy.
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant with scaffolding around it - as seen in 2016

Chernobyl clean-up could be helped by new x-ray analysis approach

On the 35th anniversary of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters, new research has been published that could help to contain and clean up the most dangerous radioactive materials that still remain at the site in Chernobyl.
Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester launch Northern Gritstone

Northern universities launch new investment company

The universities of Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester are launching a new investment company to help boost the commercialisation of university spinouts and start-ups in the North of England.
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Sheffield scientists develop climate-resilient beans that reduce water usage

Scientists from the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food have engineered beans that could use up to 40 per cent less water, taking a huge step forward in finding ways to help agriculture to thrive in a rapidly changing climate.
Sunset over a maize field

Naturally GM: Crops steal genes from other species to accelerate evolution

Grass crops are able to bend the rules of evolution by borrowing genes from their neighbours, giving them a competitive advantage, a new study has revealed.