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Credit: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG–T. Leduc

Sheffield-conceived satellite to map Earth’s forest in 3D for the first time to help combat climate change

A satellite conceived at the University of Sheffield and developed by British academics and engineers is set to become the first in the world to measure the condition of the Earth's forests from space.

CC Brand Founder and Inventor Drew Colgrave, Jimmy ‘The Whirlwind’ White, CC Brand Consultant Karl Lawrence, and Professor Simon Goodwin from the University of Sheffield
(LtoR) CC Brand Founder and Inventor Drew Colgrave, Jimmy ‘The Whirlwind’ White, CC Brand Consultant Karl Lawrence, and Professor Simon Goodwin from the University of Sheffield

Astrophysics meets snooker: University experts partner with Sheffield firm to pioneer the sport’s future

University of Sheffield researchers are collaborating with a Sheffield company at the heart of snooker’s modern evolution to develop next generation equipment, bringing 21st century science into one of the world’s most tradition-steeped sports.
A long-tailed tit flying
Credit: Billy Clapham

Family first: scientists reveal long-tailed tits' remarkable family bonds

Forget fleeting friendships – the social secrets of the long-tailed tit has revealed an extraordinary level of family commitment even during migratory journeys.
A google earth image showing data from the digital tools identifying where selective-logging has taken place in the rainforest.
Google Earth Image © Airbus 2025 showing changes in the forest canopy detected by satellites at one of the logging concessions in 2023 including the logging detections identified by the new algorithm in red.

New technology helping fight against illegal logging of Peru’s valuable rainforest

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest.
Black-and-white photograph of he exterior of Middlewood Hospital, formerly known as "South Yorkshire Asylum"

The history of mental health conditions and stigma explored in new podcast

For World Mental Health Day, the second episode of the Overend Knight Medical History Podcast explores the stigma around mental health conditions and how mental health treatment has changed in Sheffield from the 1800s to the present day.
Two researchers looking at a handheld tablet in a lab

New vaccine-making process could transform pandemic response

Â鶹ÊÓƵers at the University of Sheffield have been awarded funding for their infectious disease technology that could make life-saving vaccines more readily available to the world.

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University of Sheffield ranks in Top 100 of Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has once again cemented its position as a leading global institution, securing a place within the top 100 universities in the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025.
A close up of a woman holding the title page of Gaston de Blondeville

Ann Radcliffe - forgotten pioneer of Gothic literature - bids to reclaim place in the hearts of readers

260 years on from her birth, Ann Radcliffe, the English novelist whose writing firmly established the Gothic literature genre, could be making a return to people’s bookshelves as part of a project led by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
Boy is sat at a table practising his alphabet

Government urged to tackle preschool provision crisis amid warnings hundreds of thousands of children are not ‘school ready’

The Government is being urged to tackle the high number of children starting school not ‘school ready’, in a new report co-authored by researchers at the University of Sheffield.Â