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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.
A carer supporting a person using a wheelchair

Caring for our carers: report calls for investment in digital tech to support unpaid carers in lockdown

A new report launched this week urges local authorities to invest in digital technology to support unpaid carers during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
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Funding boost for the next generation of environmental scientists

±¬ÁÏTV and its partners have secured a new £3.5m Centre for Doctoral Training with funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to research chemicals in the environment.
Campus looking green

±¬ÁÏTV pledges carbon neutral campus by 2030

±¬ÁÏTV has today (Tuesday 10 November) pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions on campus by 2030 and across all activities by 2038.
researcher with microscope

Scientists and students publish blueprints for a cheaper single-molecule microscope

A team of scientists and students from the ±¬ÁÏTV has designed and built a specialist microscope, and shared the build instructions to help make this equipment available to many labs across the world.
Woman holding a baby

Deafness in infancy can affect non-verbal communication, suggests new research

Psychologists at the ±¬ÁÏTV have found that deafness in infancy affects the development of early communication skills, including non-verbal behaviours like pointing.