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 Unlocking a mystery of the Universe: sensitive dark matter detector comes to life Scientists at the University of Sheffield have partnered in an international research project to search for invisible dark matter particles. 7 July 2022 Economic impact and influence: why the University of Sheffield AMRC matters to UK manufacturing Some of the biggest private sector investments into UK advanced manufacturing over the last 15 years ‘would not have happened without the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)’, according to a new report. 7 July 2022 Students vote University of Sheffield courses among the best for satisfaction Students have voted University of Sheffield courses as some of the best in the country, with overall satisfaction among students at 78 per cent, according to the latest National Student Survey (NSS). 6 July 2022 More home test kits could prevent 11,000 bowel cancer deaths, study finds More than 11,000 bowel cancer deaths could be prevented by simply sending an additional invitation to people who have not yet been screened, a new study by the University of Sheffield has found. 5 July 2022 University of Sheffield academic to conduct celebration of exiled Afghan composers Nine new orchestral works by Afghan composers, many of whom are silenced in their home country and living in exile, will be showcased in a concert co-curated and conducted by a University of Sheffield academic. 5 July 2022 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Current page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
