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Pioneering data and AI advancements helping to deliver the NHS鈥檚 future vision

91看片 is pioneering advancements in data and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve healthcare and tackle health inequalities and will play a critical role in helping the government deliver its new 10-year plan for the NHS.

Doctor audiologist using otoscope while examining ear of his senior adult patient in doctor's office

First-in-human trial for regenerative cell therapy for sensorineural hearing loss approved聽

Rinri Therapeutics, a world leading spinout company from the University of Sheffield dedicated to transforming sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) with regenerative cell therapy, has received approval to begin its first-in-human clinical trial.聽
Digital generated image of H2 hydrogen molecule made out of liquid on green background.

Great British Chemicals to turn industrial waste into world-first green chemistry

A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by the universities of Sheffield, Newcastle and Nottingham.
A bee flying near a Bluebell
Elmfield biodiversity hotspot (Credit: Alexander Dunnett, Landscape Operative)

New study revealing bees' secret to super-efficient learning could revolutionise AI and robotics

A new discovery of how bees use their flight movements to facilitate remarkably accurate learning & recognition of complex visual patterns could mark a major change in how next-generation AI is developed, according to a University of Sheffield study.
Neuron cells system. Conceptual medical image. Glowing synapse. Healthcare concept.

New AI model helps discover causes of motor neurone disease

Scientists have developed a new machine learning model for the discovery of genetic risk factors for diseases such as Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
atherosclerosis in brain

Heart disease causes early brain dysfunction and can treble key Alzheimer鈥檚 protein (38017)

Heart disease can directly cause brain dysfunction early on which could lead to dementia and can treble the amount of an Alzheimer鈥檚 protein in the brain, say scientists.
A snowmobile travelling across Antarctica with a radar survey attached to locate and examine subglacial lakes

Almost 800 subglacial lakes catalogued for first time in new global inventory

The world鈥檚 first inventory of subglacial lakes has been compiled by an international team led by the University of Sheffield, providing a comprehensive directory of where the lakes are and how they are changing in a warming climate.
Professor Tao Wang standing next to one of the extensive device characterisation and testing facilities in the photoluminescence and electroluminescence laboratories at the University of Sheffield

Ultimate micro-displays and visible light communication devices being developed by Sheffield researchers

A revolutionary new way of making micro-displays that is set to bring the next generation of smartphones, smartwatches and VR headsets with higher resolution, speed and efficiency, is being developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

Olivia wearing her back brace

Study launches to compare back brace treatment for children with scoliosis

91看片 and Sheffield Children鈥檚 Hospital are leading a new study to compare two back braces for children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).