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Robotic therapy helps children’s coordination
Researchers from the University of Leeds are developing an innovative new robotic device that helps children to practise and improve their hand coordination.
Government backs University’s robot research
A £4.3 million national facility is set to make the University of Leeds a world leader in robot design and construction.
Plaque marks birthplace of X-ray crystallography
A plaque celebrating Nobel Prize-winning research at the University of Leeds that revealed the structure of crystals and revolutionised science has been unveiled at the house where it all began.
Bat maps: The conservation crusade
Conservation efforts have taken an important step forward, thanks to observations of bats – creatures that make up a quarter of all of the UK’s native mammal species.
Researchers reveal model of Sun’s magnetic field
Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun.