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Smoke stack

'No sudden jump in warming' from emissions cuts

Published
18 September 2019
Categories
Global
Environment

Reducing fossil fuel emissions aggressively but gradually will not cause a large spike in short-term warming as feared, according to new research.

Statement

Published
17 September 2019
Categories
Statements

University of Leeds statement: Global climate crisis

Natalie Pearce and mum Iresine

Improving cancer care: new data hub

Published
12 September 2019
Categories
Health

Researchers in Yorkshire are collaborating on a new national data hub that aims to transform how cancer data from across the UK can be used to improve patient care.

Image show the gas and dust rings around a young star. These is a protoplanetary ring

The rare molecule weighing in on the birth of planets

Published
12 September 2019
Categories
Technology
Science
News

Astronomers have discovered a rare molecule in the dust and gas disc around a young star – and it may provide an answer to one of the conundrums facing astronomers.

Illustration of pressure points from a hospital mattress

Finding an effective way to reduce pressure ulcers

Published
4 September 2019
Categories
Health

Expensive high-tech air mattresses are only marginally better at preventing pressure sores and ulcers than a specialist foam mattress, according to the results of a major study.

Leeds city centre

Busting the myth of the 'white working class'

Published
15 August 2019
Categories
Society & Politics

New research led by University of Leeds academics and UK’s leading race equality think tank has highlighted growing racial and ethnic diversity in Northern towns and cities.

Baby in a neonatal clinic in Bradford

Early education setback for summer premature births

Published
14 August 2019
Categories
Health
Society & Politics

Children born as little as three weeks premature, who consequently fall into an earlier school year are at increased risk of experiencing setbacks in their education after their first year of school.

Doctors holds a urine test strip

Better tests needed for urinary tract infections

Published
13 August 2019
Categories
Health

Doctors urgently need a fast and accurate test for diagnosing urinary tract infections (UTIs) to reduce overprescribing of antibiotics, according to health researchers.