Latest news News stories This area contains news from the University since October 2020. For stories from 2010 to October 2020, use the 'News archive' above or search at the top of the page. A Peregrine Falcon sitting on the tower of St George's Church. Credit: Chris Greenwood, Sheffield Bird Study Group 12 July 2024 Sheffield Peregrines soaring high The University of Sheffield is celebrating the remarkable success story of its resident Peregrine Falcons, with three new chicks now having flown the nest, making the total number of birds raised on site to 34. 10 July 2024 University of Sheffield retains top spot in Russell Group in National Student Survey The University of Sheffield is top of the Russell Group in the latest National Student Survey, published today (10 July 2024). Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (image credit Dimitar Epihov, Leverhulme Centre, University of Sheffield) 10 July 2024 Cutting farm nitrous oxide emissions helps climate and ozone layer Farming methods can reduce nitrous oxide emissions without slowing down the overall recovery of the ozone layer, results from new research have shown. 4 July 2024 Record-breaking rocket launched by University of Sheffield students A supersonic rocket that has broken a series of UK and European altitude records, has been built by a team of students at the University of Sheffield. Search New programme to move potential MND drugs into clinical trials faster A ground-breaking experimental medicine programme that will enable researchers to more rapidly screen potential drugs in people with motor neuron disease (MND) has been announced today (21 June 2023) on MND Awareness Day. 21 June 2023 South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre will help region meet net-zero targets and create new jobs The South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre (SYSC) is the first centre of its kind in the UK, connecting world-leading academic research with local businesses, public sector organisations and charities to overcome challenges like decarbonisation. 14 June 2023 Arthur Scargill archive acquired by the University of Sheffield Library The archive of Arthur Scargill, activist and former President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1982-2002, has been acquired by the University of Sheffield Library Special Collections, Heritage and Archives. 12 June 2023 Yorkshire and North East facing productivity gap challenge Cities in Yorkshire and Humberside and the North East are lagging behind the rest of the UK when it comes to productivity, but have enormous potential for growth and prosperity, a new briefing from The Productivity Institute (TPI) has found. 12 June 2023 AI unlikely to gain human-like cognition, unless connected to real world through robots Connecting artificial intelligence systems to the real world through robots and designing them using principles from evolution is the most likely way AI will gain human-like cognition, according to research from the University of Sheffield. 12 June 2023 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Current page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 … Next page Next › Last page Last »