News News stories Find out about the latest Biosciences news from the University of Sheffield. 3 April 2024 Bees master complex tasks through social interaction In a groundbreaking discovery, bumblebees have been shown to possess a previously unseen level of cognitive sophistication. 29 February 2024 Side effects of wide scale forestation could reduce carbon removal benefits by up to a third Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (image credit Dimitar Epihov, Leverhulme Centre, University of Sheffield) 29 February 2024 Field trials reveal crushed rock boosts carbon removal and improves crop yields Search Stress memory in plants could hold key to growing disease resistant crops A mechanism behind how plants can develop long-term immunity to stress has been discovered by scientists at the University of Sheffield. 6 March 2023 A closely spaced beech avenue to Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, planted in 1907 Do trees really stay in touch via a ‘wood-wide web’? Professor Katie Field and PhD student Emily Magkourilou discuss how trees in a forest are connected to each other, and whether they can really communicate with one another. 13 February 2023 | Via the Conversation Rates of hatching failure in birds almost twice as high as previously estimated Hatching failure rates in birds are almost twice as high as experts previously estimated, according to the largest ever study of its kind. 7 February 2023 Benefits of UK forests revealed with ground-breaking research into air chemistry for health and wellbeing New research involving academics and students from the School of Biosciences has discovered that the air quality of forests can aid physiological health and wellbeing. 25 January 2023 | Via the Forest Bathing Institute Sustainable development key to stop extinction of carnivores Rapid economic growth has pushed rare species of big carnivores to the brink of extinction, according to experts. 23 January 2023 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 … Next page Next › Last page Last »