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Ukraine

Published
Wednesday 19th April, 2023
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University

Update from Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk on the University’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The flag of Ukraine: equally sized horizontal bands of blue (top) and yellow.

Leeds hosts Digital Universities UK event

Published
Thursday 13th April, 2023
Categories
Technology
University

The University of Leeds is excited to host Digital Universities UK, an event bringing together higher education, industry and policy leaders at the forefront of academic innovation and technology.

Conference auditorium full of people listening with two people on the stage at the front talking to the audience.

More transparency needed about merits of AI

Published
Thursday 13th April, 2023
Categories
Technology

AI developers need to be much more open about how they evaluate the tools they produce, to make sure people understand how effective high-tech artificial intelligence actually is.

Illustration of machine learning and AI concept in form of a woman's face outline with circuit board and binary data flow on blue background.

Scientists closer to targeted treatment of cancer cells

Published
Wednesday 12th April, 2023
Categories
Health

Medical imaging researchers have developed a new technology which can measure oxygen levels in tumours in real time, potentially paving the way for better targeted treatment of certain cancer cells.

Two sets of MRI scans of a brain, with the scan on the right hand side of eat set having the oxygen-starved tumour highlighted

Leeds partners with Ukrainian university on traumatic injury research

Published
Wednesday 12th April, 2023
Categories
University
Health
Global

Ukrainian civilians who suffer traumatic injuries in the country’s conflict with Russia are the focus of new collaborative research by the University of Leeds and Bukovinian State Medical University.

A woman prays in front of a destroyed house in the war in Ukraine

Nexus home to Northern Cell Metrology Hub

Published
Wednesday 5th April, 2023
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business

Nexus has been unveiled as the home of the Northern Cell Metrology Hub, a new centre of innovation for clinical diagnostics and new medical technology.

Tracey Brabin, West Yorkshire Mayor and Jeanne Rivera, Cell Metrology Team Leader at the launch of the Northern Cell Metrology Hub.