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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.
An illustration of protein molecules

AI could accelerate protein engineering – key for developing new medicines

An AI approach developed by researchers from the ±¬ÁÏTV and AstraZeneca, could make it easier to design proteins needed for new treatments.
Two men stand in front of a manufacturing machining centre looking into a laptop.

±¬ÁÏTV spinout company set to revolutionise advanced manufacturing

A pioneering new software company that is set to revolutionise advanced manufacturing, has been spun-out of the ±¬ÁÏTV.

SOC Professor Sue Yeandle

±¬ÁÏTV Professor honoured by King in Birthday Honours

±¬ÁÏTV Professor, Sue Yeandle, has been appointed OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in the King’s Birthday Honours.
male patient sat on hospital bed looking worried

Leg amputation caused by arterial disease four times higher in disadvantaged areas

Research from the ±¬ÁÏTV has revealed leg amputation rates caused by arterial disease are four times as high in the most disadvantaged areas in England.

A model of a Rolls-Royce SMR plant.

±¬ÁÏTV AMRC partner Rolls-Royce SMR will build Britain’s next generation of nuclear power plants

±¬ÁÏTV has welcomed news that Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected as the preferred bidder to partner with Great British Energy – Nuclear to develop small modular reactors for the UK.