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Ventilation ducts in a building

Scientists and engineers champion building ventilation

Published
8 November 2022
Categories
Working with business
Science
Global
Health

A campaign promoting the role of better building ventilation to support health and wellbeing has been launched by a coalition of scientists and engineering bodies.

Grant Shapps, the Business Secretary, touring a lab at the Henry Royce Institute

New materials to drive UK economic growth

Published
7 November 2022
Categories
Working with business
Science
Technology

The Government has announced a £95 million boost to develop the new materials of the future through research at the Henry Royce Institute, a consortium of nine institutions including Leeds.

Two still images from 'Bird Diaries' showing the subject of Astrid's film: a figure wearing a large bird mask and skin coloured body suit.

Graduate art prize winner announced

Published
27 October 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture

BA Fine Art student Astrid Butt has been awarded the 2022 Friends of University Art and Music Graduate prize.

Field of soyabean

Mapping the pressures of global food production

Published
25 October 2022
Categories
Science
Global

A map showing the environmental pressures from global food production has been developed by researchers, to identify ways of creating more sustainable and just food systems.

A futuristic glowing CPU quantum computer processor

Making quantum computing more resilient

Published
14 October 2022
Categories
Technology
Science

Quantum computing systems could be made more stable and efficient thanks to a discovery about the way some atomic particles behave.  

An x-ray image of a person's upper arm, right ribs and shoulder

Major boost for healthcare research centre

Published
14 October 2022
Categories
Health

A successful musculoskeletal research partnership between the University of Leeds and the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been extended for a further five years.

Professor Cath Noakes

Leeds professor heads new HSE science group

Published
11 October 2022
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
Technology
Science

A leading researcher who played an important role in Britain’s response to the pandemic has been appointed to chair a new science committee.

A real-life and a digital representation of a city.

Virtual worlds addressing real-life issues

Published
26 September 2022
Categories
Global
Technology
Working with business
Research

From space exploration to protecting the world’s rainforests, the benefits of creating virtual models of real-life scenarios are limitless.

Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh poses for profile photo

Using Leeds knowledge to save lives

Published
26 September 2022
Categories
News

Poison Information Coordinator Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh (MPh Public Health 2016) has received international recognition for her work to prevent lead poisoning in children across Jamaica.