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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.
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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.
Injecting with insulin

100th anniversary of UK’s first clinical trial of insulin

In 1923, Sheffield industrialist and philanthropist Sir Stuart Goodwin became the first diabetes patient in England to be treated successfully with insulin
Fooband

More than 60 per cent of food hub users are worried about being able to afford enough food over Christmas

A total of 66 per cent of food hub users are worried about being able to afford enough food to feed themselves or their children over the Christmas period
Motorway traffic as people drive home for Christmas

Re-routing Rea’s drive home for Christmas 

Chris Rea is encouraged to re-think his drive home for Christmas, as scientists reveal taking the train instead would reduce his carbon footprint by 88 per cent.
Sheffield city skyline at dusk

Sheffield voted one of the best cities in the UK for students

Sheffield has been named as one of the top three ‘best student cities’ in the UK, according to a new ranking by StudentCrowd.
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Battery health problems may have just been solved by Sheffield engineers

A new way of determining the internal structure and health of batteries that power many of the electronic devices and vehicles at the centre of our everyday lives, has been developed by mechanical engineers at the University of Sheffield.