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 UK's first national 6G research facility to be opened by University of Sheffield A major new research facility that will help the UK be a world leader in 6G technology is set to be established at the University of Sheffield. 14 February 2023 A new ring system discovered in our Solar System Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical for other ring systems, calling into question current theories of how ring systems are formed. 8 February 2023 University of Sheffield apprentices celebrate National Apprenticeship Week As this week is National Apprenticeship Week (6-12 February 2023), meet some of the apprentices in the University of Sheffield’s Division of Nursing and Midwifery and Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Training Centre. 6 February 2023 Mysterious skeleton revealed to be that of unusual Lady Anchoress of York Barbican The rare and unusual life of an anchoress, a woman who devoted her life to prayer while living in seclusion, has been unearthed by the University of Sheffield and Oxford Archaeology, thanks to a skeletal collection now held at the University. 6 February 2023 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. 3 February 2023 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Current page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
