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A person being injected in the upper arm by a clinician

Speeding up new vaccine development

Published
19 December 2024
Categories
Health
Research

A device which could help reduce new vaccine production time to less than 100 days has been granted development funding. 

An person holding their sides with a red glowing light signifying pain in their back

Offering hope for people facing chronic pain

Published
17 December 2024
Categories
Health
Science
Research

A major breakthrough in our understanding of pain has been revealed in a collaborative study, opening the door to new ways of tackling long term pain without harmful and addictive opioids.

82-year-old Colin uses the echome device with his mobility scooter in his garden

Sound-making tech inspires older people to move more

Published
16 December 2024
Categories
Health
Arts & Culture
Research

Older people are moving more, in playful and surprising ways, after using wearable technology developed by the University of Leeds that senses movements to create sounds and music.

Mark Gatiss in red and green graduation gowns

Sherlock star awarded Honorary Degree

Published
13 December 2024
Categories
University

Award-winning actor, writer and director Mark Gatiss has been honoured with a degree from the University of Leeds.

Sarah Lloyd in graduation gowns by the large metal gates of Cloth Workers' Court

Anti-knife crime campaigner graduates

Published
13 December 2024
Categories
University

Anti-knife crime campaigner Sarah Lloyd has graduated with a Masters degree from the University of Leeds - a moment she says she could never have imagined a decade ago.