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A group of students play the life size boardgame, one is holding a card and reading aloud, whilst everyone stands on the board in their own space.

Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with board games

Helping young people who have moved to University navigate online and digital spaces necessary for their education, and overcome the pitfalls they may encounter, is the subject of a new board game from the University of Sheffield.
Mediterranean diet

Mediterranean diet beats standard advice for IBS patients

A Mediterranean diet is significantly more effective than traditional dietary advice for managing IBS symptoms, new research from the University of Sheffield has found.
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AI could learn from data beyond vision and language to make it more practical, trustworthy and improve its understanding.

New ‘blueprint’ for advancing practical, trustworthy AI

A new ‘blueprint’ for building AI that highlights how the technology can learn from different kinds of data to make it more deployable in the real world, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield and the Alan Turing Institute.
Professor Jim Wild with colleagues in front of an MRI scanner

Transformative lung imaging research recognised by international award

Professor Jim Wild, from the University of Sheffield, has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics (IOP) Peter Mansfield Prize for his distinguished contributions to lung imaging with hyperpolarised gas MRI
A woman holding a tablet looking at a robot on an assembly line

Free access to robotics resources urgently needed to prepare UK’s workforce for 2030

Everyone in the UK should be given free access to high-end robotics resources in order to close the skills gap and ensure everyone has the skills needed to be part of the workforce in 2030, a new report has called for today (Friday 23 July 2021).
Image of the Our Bodies Our Streets art installation at Ponderosa park

Art installation unveiled to promote safety in Sheffield’s public spaces

A new public art installation has been unveiled by campaigners Our Bodies Our Streets in collaboration with the University of Sheffield to raise awareness of women's safety in Sheffield’s public spaces.

Person receiving vaccine

Longer interval between the first and second Pfizer vaccine boosts antibody levels and ‘helper’ T cells

A new study published today (23 July 2021) shows both short and long dosing schedules of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine generate strong antibody and T cell immune responses.
Professor Martin Thornhill receiving the award from Professor Chris Deery

University of Sheffield Professor receives highest honour in dentistry

A University of Sheffield academic has received one of the highest awards by the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), for his work on clinical and translational dentistry research.

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New map shows where millions of UK residents struggle to access food

In one out of every six local authorities, rates of hunger are more than 150 per cent the national average. Shockingly, in one in 10 local authorities, the rate is almost double, according to new research by the University of Sheffield.