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News

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20 February 2025

£1 million funding boost for research into preventing breast cancer recurrence

Researchers working to understand why some breast cancers come back years later and form incurable secondary tumours, have received a £1 million funding boost.

18 February 2025

More work needed on children’s supervised toothbrushing programmes

New study, conducted by the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds, shows barriers to running supervised toothbrushing programmes for young children must be overcome if the UK government is to successfully tackle childhood tooth decay.

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18 February 2025

Counter-Strike players faster at decision-making, study shows

One of the world’s most popular first-person shooter games - Counter-Strike - could help to improve people’s cognitive abilities, according to research from the University of Sheffield.

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18 February 2025

Tiny grooves re-shape future of solar cell manufacturing

Flexible solar cells that do not contain any scarce and expensive elements are paving the way for the development of low cost, efficient solar energy according to new research by the University of Sheffield.

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