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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.
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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.
Sunset over a maize field

New report cites Sheffield researchers in call for government to improve agricultural transition
The remains of the Mary Rose on display in The Mary Rose Museum

The Mary Rose gets conservation boost from new x-ray technique

The Mary Rose - Henry VIII’s favourite warship - has received a major boost from a researcher at the University of Sheffield to help conserve the ship for future generations.
microscope image of MRSA bacteria

Scientists make breakthrough in understanding how penicillin works

The mechanism which allows β-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has been revealed for the first time.

Dr Jennifer Coates

University of Sheffield academic and leading scholar in East Asian cinema awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme prize

Dr Jennifer Coates from the University of Sheffield’s School of East Asian Studies (SEAS) has been awarded a prestigious £100,000 prize by the Philip Leverhulme Trust to further her promising career in Japanese cinema and culture.

Sheffield engineers reach final of $10m global avatar competition

Researchers from the University of Sheffield are through to the final of a major global competition to develop an avatar system that can transport human presence to a remote location instantly.