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Silencing stress signals could pave the way to a longer life, study reveals

Silencing a major cellular stress signal could be the key to a longer life, according to new University of Sheffield research.
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From black holes to second brains: Sheffield scientists swap their labs for local pubs

Curious minds are invited to unravel life’s great mysteries - ranging from what happens if you fall into a black hole to why chocolate feels so luxurious in your mouth - as the world’s largest public science festival returns to Sheffield.
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New episode - Wildfire Paradox - Why some ecosystems need fire to thrive

In our latest episode of That’s Science!, we are joined by Dr Kimberley Simpson to examine the complex relationship between wildfire and plant ecology.

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A Global Astronomical Collaboration Achieves a 1% Precision Measurement of the Universe’s Local Expansion Rate

A community-built distance network sharpens the Hubble constant and broadens the evidence behind the “Hubble tension.”
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UK University collaboration to cure childhood gut disease with stem cell therapy

Scientists are developing a revolutionary new stem cell therapy to treat a rare and life-threatening disease that leaves newborn babies unable to function without invasive surgery.