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robot arms maintaining protective netting over green leafy vegetables in an agricultural nursery

Can robotics help us achieve sustainable development?

Published
23 June 2022
Categories
Technology
Global

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Leeds, have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

three surgeons in gowns and gloves seen from the shoulders down, using medical implements to perform an operation

Heart surgery backlog requires urgent action

Published
17 June 2022
Categories
Science
Health
Research

Urgent action is needed to clear the backlog of people with a common heart condition waiting for life-saving treatment, according to new research.

FAAM Airborne Laboratory aircraft in a hangar.

Taking UK airborne research to new heights

Published
15 June 2022
Categories
Technology
Environment

The UK’s flying laboratory will remain at the forefront of environmental research following a significant investment by the UK Government.

Three members of an operating team working together on an unseen patient

Low-tech: just what the doctor ordered

Published
14 June 2022
Categories
Health
Global
Technology

Medical equipment that can be manufactured at low cost and easily maintained will help extend surgery to the five billion people worldwide who currently cannot get access to it, say researchers.

Industrial action 2021/22

Published
10 June 2022
Categories
Statements

A message to staff from Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk.