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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.
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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 DNA double helices locking together

Decades-old DNA mystery solved after strands are captured zipping together for the first time

Researchers have captured the moment two DNA molecules zip together, overcoming their identical negative charges to pair up, solving a mechanism that has puzzled scientists for more than 20 years
An aerial view of a petrochemical plant in the evening with a blue sky in the background

Petrochemical industry emissions could rise 50 per cent, study suggests

Carbon emissions from the petrochemical industry could increase by 50 per cent by 2050, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.

Children all together enjoying a school lunch

120 years of school dinners: How canteen stigma shapes lives for decades

As pupils across the UK head back to school, new research reveals canteen choices can shape children’s lives for decades, and argues universal school meals are the key to ending the long-standing stigma around free school dinners.

Cecil Paine plaque unveiling

Honour for Sheffield pioneer whose work paved the way for one of medicine’s most important discoveries

Sheffield honours the doctor scientist who paved the way for the therapeutic use of penicillin
Low alcohol beer

The higher costs of a healthier option: new study lifts the lid on why no/lo alcohol beer drinkers feel out of pocket

Drinkers who turn to alcohol-free and low-alcohol beers are paying more for a healthier option, according to a new study