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University scientists in the fast lane to an engineering future

Researchers from the University of Leeds are involved in a unique, five-year £10 million collaboration to improve virtual engineering.

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Gannets don’t eat off each other’s plates

Colonies of gannets maintain vast exclusive fishing ranges despite doing nothing to defend their territory from rival colonies, scientists have discovered.

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Researchers develop new weapon in fight against cervical cancer

Scientists at the University of Leeds have found a way to target and destroy a key protein associated with the development of cervical and other cancers.

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Stand by for a decade of wet summers

Met Office experts, including Professor Doug Parker (Earth and Environment), who got together at a summit in Exeter to discuss recent unusual weather patterns, predicted yesterday that Britain faces a decade of wet summers.

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Regenix signs partnership deal with leading tissue bank in US

Tissue Regenix, a company formed in 2006 when it was spun out from the University of Leeds, has signed partnership a deal with a US-based tissue bank, which will see it supply patented dCELL technology to produce human biological scaffolds, initially for use in acute and chronic wound care.

Yorkshire Post
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Long life of great joy and sadness

University of Leeds alumnus Trude Silman talks about her life in an interview.

Yorkshire Evening Post
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