Latest news News stories This area contains news from the University since October 2020. For stories from 2010 to October 2020, use the 'News archive' above or search at the top of the page. Students from Project Sunride who are representing the University of Sheffield in Race2Space, with their sponsor Labman Automation. Credit: Project Sunride. 26 June 2025 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). 26 June 2025 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. 24 June 2025 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. 23 June 2025 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. Search AI unlikely to gain human-like cognition, unless connected to real world through robots Connecting artificial intelligence systems to the real world through robots and designing them using principles from evolution is the most likely way AI will gain human-like cognition, according to research from the University of Sheffield. 12 June 2023 Gentle cleansers kill viruses as effectively as harsh soaps, study finds Gentle cleansers are just as effective in killing viruses – including coronavirus – as harsh soaps, according to a new study from scientists at the University of Sheffield 12 June 2023 Innovative digital health hub aims to transform how patients in South Yorkshire are treated Led by the University of Sheffield, the hub will bring together partners from across the region including: Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, GPs, mental health services, business and South Yorkshire Integrated Care System 9 June 2023 Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero Researchers are now calling for fungi to be considered more heavily in conservation and biodiversity policies, and are investigating whether we can increase how much carbon the soil underneath us can hold 5 June 2023 Saving moths may be just as important as saving the bees Night-time pollinators such as moths need protecting as effectively as bees, as new research found they could be less resilient to the pressures of urbanisation 5 June 2023 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Current page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
