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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.

Can your Christmas dinner help save the planet?

Christmas Day is going to look very different for a lot of people this year, but there are also positive changes to indulge in, especially when considering what to eat for Christmas dinner and how to cook it.
A group of volunteers take a picture together.
A group of volunteers take a picture together.

Research from the ±¬ÁÏTV shows how ways of working during the pandemic offer a new blueprint for social action

Covid-19 has enabled the kinds of collaborative and community-based working that can offer a new blueprint for social action, according to new research from the ±¬ÁÏTV.
A close up of a woman's face wearing glasses with a circuit board reflecting in them

Yorkshire partnership at the heart of innovative AI pollution prevention solution

Yorkshire Water, the ±¬ÁÏTV and Siemens Digital Industries have joined forces to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to reduce wastewater network blockages and reduce pollution.
A 3D rendered image of a neuron cell network

Scientists identify new genetic MND risk factor in junk DNA

A new genetic risk factor for Motor Neurone Disease (MND), which if treated could halt or prevent the degenerative condition, has been identified in so-called ‘junk DNA’ by scientists at the ±¬ÁÏTV.

Dr showing patient a chest X-ray

Hidden damage to lungs from Covid-19 revealed in new study from ±¬ÁÏTV

Early findings from a study into longer-term effects of Covid-19 suggest the use of cutting-edge scanning techniques may detect previously unseen lung damage.