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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.
A glowing digital representation of a DNA double helix structure, composed of particles and light effects, symbolizing genetics, biotechnology, and molecular science.

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.
A large group of Big Walk participants making their way along the crest of a hill in blue Big Walk 2025 tshirts
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.
Older male patient and doctor consultation

New hope for prostate cancer: new form of immunotherapy could prevent resistance to hormone therapy 

Researchers from the ±¬ÁÏTV have found a new form of immunotherapy that could give men with prostate much more time before their cancer becomes resistant to hormone therapy
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±¬ÁÏTV becomes signatory of new Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice

±¬ÁÏTV has become one of the first 20 universities in the country to commit to new sustainability standards set out in the Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice.
Water filled hole caused by mining surrounded by forest trees

Thousands of birds and fish threatened by mining for minerals

An increasing demand for metals and minerals is putting over four thousand vertebrate species at risk, with the raw materials needed for clean energy infrastructure often located in global biodiversity hotspots, a study has found.
Students stood outside Firth Court

±¬ÁÏTV academics given highest honour by British Academy

Three academics from the ±¬ÁÏTV have been elected Fellows of the British Academy - the highest honour bestowed by the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
A little boy lying on the floor looking at a small robot

Put ChatGPT in C-3PO to make AI as intelligent as humans, scientist says

Connecting multiple AIs together and putting them in the body of a robot, similar to Star Wars’ C-3PO or R2-D2, is the most likely way AI will become as intelligent as humans, according to a scientist from the ±¬ÁÏTV.