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Primary school children doing arts and crafts around a table to learn about fusion energy

Powering the future: New UK schools programme to inspire future fusion pioneers

A new nationwide fusion programme is set to spark children’s curiosity into the technology that could provide limitless clean energy and turn the dream of a low carbon world into a reality.

The view of a plane's wing against a blue sky with clouds as seen from a passenger window

UK-first aviation fuel testing centre delivers first results in push for greener flights

±¬ÁÏTV has announced a major milestone in the push for greener aviation, as it produces its first report from testing a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
A father and daughter look in the mirror as they brush their teeth

Expansion of supervised toothbrushing in schools helping protect more children from poor oral health

Supervised toothbrushing in schools is making positive progress in a bid to overcome health inequalities in paediatric dental health
A man gambling on his smartphone

Sheffield researchers lead UK's biggest effort to tackle gambling-related harm

A major new national effort to tackle gambling-related harms and shape future policy, prevention and treatment across the UK is being led by researchers from the ±¬ÁÏTV.
Sunset over a maize field

New report cites Sheffield researchers in call for government to improve agricultural transition
The remains of the Mary Rose on display in The Mary Rose Museum

The Mary Rose gets conservation boost from new x-ray technique

The Mary Rose - Henry VIII’s favourite warship - has received a major boost from a researcher at the ±¬ÁÏTV to help conserve the ship for future generations.
microscope image of MRSA bacteria

Scientists make breakthrough in understanding how penicillin works

The mechanism which allows β-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has been revealed for the first time.

Dr Jennifer Coates

±¬ÁÏTV academic and leading scholar in East Asian cinema awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme prize

Dr Jennifer Coates from the ±¬ÁÏTV’s School of East Asian Studies (SEAS) has been awarded a prestigious £100,000 prize by the Philip Leverhulme Trust to further her promising career in Japanese cinema and culture.

Sheffield engineers reach final of $10m global avatar competition

Researchers from the ±¬ÁÏTV are through to the final of a major global competition to develop an avatar system that can transport human presence to a remote location instantly.