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A person holds their hand up to the Leeds Digital Festival logo, whilst wearing a virtual reality headset

Showcasing digital expertise

Published
15 September 2021
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Working with business
Technology

Researchers across the University are preparing to showcase their digital expertise as part of a packed programme for the largest tech event in the UK.

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The 'hidden' science critical to economic success

Published
15 September 2021
Categories
Technology
Working with business
Science

Leading scientists say the UK risks being overtaken as a world leader in a key area of science and technology unless there is greater investment in research facilities and training.

A microscopic nematode worm, which appears bright blue against a black backdrop

Taste cells can control a whole animal’s foraging

Published
9 September 2021
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Technology
Science

Neuroscientists have developed a computer model to explain how a nematode worm searches for food, revealing that single brain cells can both sense the environment and control foraging strategy.

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Covid breathing aid - 'safe and well tolerated'

Published
24 August 2021
Categories
Global
Health
Technology
Coronavirus

A simple electrical fan is the key component of a low-cost, easy-to-use breathing-support device designed to cope with the surge in COVID-19 cases in low to middle income countries.

Two farmers look at a smartphone stood in a field with maize crops behind them on a sunny day

An app to help African farmers defeat crop pests

Published
11 August 2021
Categories
Global
Environment

A mobile phone app – launched today by an international team of scientists – will support farmers across Africa to adopt environmentally friendly ways of protecting their crops from pests.

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Northern Gritstone announces leadership team

Published
8 July 2021
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
University

Northern Gritstone, a new investment company founded by the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield, has appointed Lord Jim O’Neill as Non-Executive Chairman and Duncan Johnson as CEO.

A visualisation of a network of connected proteins.

Developing new techniques to build biomaterials

Published
7 July 2021
Categories
Technology
Science

Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed an approach that could help in the design of a new generation of synthetic biomaterials made from proteins.