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How do you design a children’s TV show that's also for adults?

That's the challenge for BBC television programme The Baby Club, which aims to develop adults' skills as much as those for toddlers.

How Professor Jackie Marsh applied her research to TV and children's media

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16 September 2022

University of Sheffield ranked among the best in Good University Guide 2023

The University of Sheffield has been ranked within the top 20 best universities in the UK in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.

Artist impress of a BEASTie — The image shows a gas giant planet (like Jupiter) on a distant orbit around a blue, massive star. The planet is likely to have been captured or stolen from another star.

7 September 2022

Planetary heist: astronomers show massive stars can steal Jupiter-sized planets

Jupiter-sized planets can be stolen or captured by massive stars in the densely populated stellar nurseries where most stars are born, a new study has found.

7 September 2022

Scientists discover new protein which helps sperm fuse with an egg and could improve fertility treatments

Scientists have discovered a new protein which helps sperm fuse to an egg and is fundamental for human fertilisation.

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6 September 2022

Launch of new national network to boost innovation

The £6.75 million Innovation Launchpad Network+ has been established to accelerate innovation by bringing together universities, the Catapult Network and regional innovation ecosystems

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