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How climate change will affect malaria transmission

Published
10 May 2024
Categories
Environment
Research

A new model for predicting the effects of climate change on malaria transmission in Africa could lead to more targeted interventions to control the disease according to a new study.

Rachel Woolford, Jane Slimming and Becky Dam with a large group of students.

Young entrepreneurs pitch to business experts

Published
7 May 2024
Categories
University
Working with business

Students from Leeds University Business School (LUBS) showed off their entrepreneurial spirit as they pitched business ideas to industry experts in the LUBS Entrepreneur Award 2024.

A gloved hand holds a test tube containing a sample of blood. there is a label on the test tube which says Fe (Iron) test

Obese and overweight children at risk of iron deficiency

Published
10 April 2024
Categories
Health
Research

Children and young people who are overweight or obese are at significantly higher risk of iron deficiency, according to a study by nutritional scientists at the University of Leeds.

Professor Dame Jane Francis in Rothera, Antarctica

To the Arctic and Beyond

Published
27 March 2024
Categories
Environment
University

Seize every opportunity and make the most of life’s amazing adventures.

Compost-it creators Simrun Punjabi and Husain Alogaily stand with a caddy of vegetable waste with volunteers Orla Smith and Katherine Mustard

Social enterprise tackles food waste

Published
20 March 2024
Categories
Environment

Food waste campaigners are calling on Leeds residents and businesses to get on board with their free collection service which prevents household food waste from going to landfill.

a river in full flow in the Alps, cascading over rocks in the foreground. In the background are trees and bright blue sky

Climate change disrupts seasonal flow of rivers

Published
29 February 2024
Categories
Environment

Climate change is disrupting the seasonal flow of rivers in the far northern latitudes of America, Russia and Europe, posing a threat to water security and ecosystems, according to new research.