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Ripe blackcurrant fruits

Blackcurrants could help end bad (for the planet) hair days

Published
30 May 2018
Categories
Environment
Science

Natural dyes extracted from blackcurrant waste created during Ribena manufacture have for the first time been used in an effective new hair dyeing technology, developed at the University of Leeds.

Chew Reservoir, fed by blanket peat moorland, Peak District, northern England

Peatland contributions to UK water security

Published
15 May 2018
Categories
Science
Environment

Peatlands are vital to UK water security and must be protected to preserve the UK’s water supply, warn scientists.

effects of diet on the start of the menopause

The effects of diet on the start of the menopause

Published
30 April 2018
Categories
Science
Health

In the first UK study examining the relationship between diet and the start of the menopause, researchers have found certain food groups could affect the age at which the menopause begins.

BK Polyomavirus

Transplant-damaging virus brought into focus

Published
26 April 2018
Categories
Science
Health

Researchers from the University of Leeds have revealed the structure of a virus which affects kidney and bone marrow transplant patients in near-atomic levels of detail for the first time.