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Students from Project SunRide stood with a representative from their sponsor - Labman Automation
Students from Project Sunride who are representing the University of Sheffield in Race2Space, with their sponsor Labman Automation. Credit: Project Sunride.

UK’s future space scientists take off in world’s largest rocket firing competition finale

Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition (25 June - 11 July).
Researcher in a lab using a pipet

New research to develop blood test that predicts the risk of secondary breast cancer

A blood test which could predict the likelihood of breast cancer spreading to the bone and becoming incurable, is being developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield thanks to new funding.     

tree trunk lying on ground showing a lot of decay with a lot of leaf folage

New collaboration harnesses COVID methods to combat multi-billion threat to UK forests

Harnessing methods used to successfully predict and understand the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic, a new University of Sheffield project aims to combat the impact of forest diseases that can cost the UK economy billions.
Grpahics of health items

​Older northerners struggle with “alarming” inequalities compared to people from the South

Older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically inactive, lonely and in poor housing - resulting in millions of pounds of avoidable NHS costs.
An aerial view of the University of Sheffield Innovation District featuring the Factory 2050 building

Investment zones are the key to taking our potential towards prosperity

Professor Koen Lamberts, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, discusses how the new South Yorkshire Investment Zone can turn Yorkshire's potential into prosperity.
Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) star

Retired stars join the young stars’ party in the sky: how evolved stars contribute to the early heating of Earth

Researchers from the University of Sheffield and Imperial College London have spotted a ‘retired’ Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) star passing through a young star-forming region, something which was previously thought not to happen.

The robot medic administering an injection to a model patient

New robot medics to go where doctors can’t, developed by University of Sheffield scientists

Game-changing robotics technology that can provide remote medical treatment to casualties in high-risk emergency environments, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
Firth Court

University of Sheffield awarded University Mental Health Charter Award

The University of Sheffield has been awarded the University Mental Health Charter Award from Student Minds – the UK’s student mental health charity.

Rows of small robots connected together via elastic links

Stretchable robotic fabrics, developed by University of Sheffield scientists

Robotic fabrics that can shrink, grow in size and move with precision are becoming a reality, thanks to new research from scientists at the University of Sheffield.