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Northern universities to tackle transport emissions
Leeds scientists are leading a research network of northern universities to find new ways to rapidly decarbonise UK transport.
Nearly a quarter of West Antarctic ice is now unstable
In only 25 years, ocean melting has caused ice thinning to spread across West Antarctica so rapidly that 24% of its glacier ice is now affected, according to a new study.
Finding a safer way to make the Polio vaccine
Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a cheaper and safer way of making the polio vaccine.
Future leaders to deliver global impact
Three University of Leeds researchers have received a prestigious fellowship aimed at tackling global challenges.
Oxygen linked with the boom and bust of early animal evolution
New research reveals clues to a crucial period of rapid evolution in complex animals that began roughly 540 million years ago.