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Antimicrobial resistance: tackling the global challenge

It’s commonly known that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. However, what is not as well-known is the research conducted by scientists at the University of Sheffield into the drug which has gone on to save more than 82 million lives.

Scientists develop climate-ready wheat that can survive drought conditions

Scientists at our Institute for Sustainable Food have found that engineering bread wheat to have fewer pores on their leaves makes more efficient use of water, potentially helping farmers facing more frequent droughts.

Scientists discover how plants breathe – and how humans shaped their "lungs"

Scientists have discovered how plants create networks of air channels – the lungs of the leaf – to transport carbon dioxide to their cells.

Membranes on the move: How plants sense and respond to changing levels of sunlight

Feeding the world with climate-ready rice

More than half of the world’s population relies on rice – but as climate chaos takes hold, this lynchpin of global food security is under threat.