449 results for 'advanced materials'
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- 30 March 2022
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- Working with our region | University
Be Curious, the University of Leeds’s annual research event, is back on campus for the first time since going virtual in 2020.
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- 28 March 2022
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- Technology | Science
An astrophysicist at the University of Leeds has been awarded a five-year fellowship to answer one of the most fundamental questions in science – how do planets form?
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- 28 March 2022
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- Alumni
Theo Youds has always dreamt of going to space. Since forming the first ever rocketry association at Leeds and leading two successful rocket flights, he's set his sights on the Spaceport America Cup.
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- 21 March 2022
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- Technology | Health | Science
Engineers and scientists have paved the way for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs – to take tissue samples or deliver cancer therapy.
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- 17 February 2022
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- Technology | Working with our region | Science
Physicist and TV and radio presenter Professor Jim Al-Khalili is to share his insight into how emerging technologies will transform society, in a public lecture hosted by the University.
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- 9 February 2022
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- Global | Environment | Research
Thawing of permafrost due to climate change could expose the Arctic population to much greater concentrations of the cancer-causing gas Radon, a new story has found.
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- 7 February 2022
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- Working with business | Working with our region | University
From nursing to computer science, apprenticeships at the University of Leeds offer an alternative route into higher level qualifications.
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- 4 February 2022
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- University | Working with our region | Health
An ambitious vision placing Leeds at the global forefront of cancer research is officially set out today.
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- 15 January 2022
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- Alumni
Named in the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list, founder of LUÜNA Naturals Olivia Cotes-James (English Literature 2013) is improving lives across a continent.
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- 16 December 2021
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- Working with our region | Arts & Culture
Rare handwritten manuscripts and printed books by the Brontës have been entrusted to the University's Brotherton Library.
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- 2 December 2021
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- News | Environment
Scientists discover two intense periods of volcanism triggered a period of global cooling and falling oxygen levels in the oceans, causing one of the most severe mass extinctions in Earth history.
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- 18 November 2021
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- Society & Politics | Global | Environment
For at least the last 30 years, not a single country has met the basic needs of its residents without overconsuming natural resources, according to new research led by the University of Leeds.
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- 28 October 2021
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- Working with business | Environment
Industry must speed up investment in new technologies that allow manufacture of materials using renewable electricity if net zero emissions targets are to be met, researchers warn.
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- 26 October 2021
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- Science | Arts & Culture
An exhibition about a father and son team who made one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20th century opens today at the University.
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- 14 October 2021
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- Science | Health
Some sunscreens offer very limited protection against dangerous sunrays during use and may even be harmful.