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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.
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DNA shape explains crucial gene-therapy challenges, study finds

A mystery surrounding why powerful gene-editing technology that has driven major advances in medicine over the past decade can sometimes make mistakes, has been solved with the help of scientists from the ±¬ÁÏTV.
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Solar energy could be key to making sustainable aviation fuel

A new way of making sustainable aviation fuel that could cut the reliance on used cooking oil as a feedstock, has been developed by a team of engineers led by the ±¬ÁÏTV.
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Participants make their way along the crest of a hill

Step up for little lungs: Join the Big Walk 2026 to support ground breaking children's lung research

±¬ÁÏTV invites community to step up and join the Big Walk 2026 in support of pioneering children’s lung research
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Landmark report reveals priorities for South Yorkshire’s net-zero future

Over 600,000 homes across the region require energy-efficiency retrofits to meet the government's 2050 net-zero target, a landmark report on the future of sustainability in South Yorkshire has found.
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±¬ÁÏTV ranked one of the most international universities in the world

±¬ÁÏTV has been named one of the most international universities in the world by Times Higher Education.

Giving a voice to new parents during the pandemic

A new UK-wide study is looking to give a voice to people who became parents for the first time during the pandemic, in order to learn how they can be best supported.

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±¬ÁÏTV history project to explore complex history of slavery in the region

A new study of Sheffield’s industrial heritage ‘Sheffield, Slavery, and its Legacies’, records the city’s complex relationship with the Atlantic economy throughout the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.
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±¬ÁÏTV spin-out secures seed investment to revolutionise trust in global telecommunications and computing with quantum photonics

±¬ÁÏTV spin-out, Aegiq, has secured a seven-figure seed investment to develop next generation networking with quantum security.
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New AI model helps discover causes of motor neurone disease

Scientists have developed a new machine learning model for the discovery of genetic risk factors for diseases such as Motor Neurone Disease (MND).