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University celebrates Tour de France

Published
Thursday 3rd July, 2014
Categories
University

Ahead of the official Opening Ceremony Team Presentation on Thursday, all 198 competitors in the Tour de France gathered at the University of Leeds before setting off to cycle through the city.

Terahertz researchers win Faraday Medal

Published
Tuesday 1st July, 2014
Categories
Science
Technology

Two University of Leeds professors have won the 2014 Faraday Medal for outstanding contributions to experimental physics.

Big data technique improves monitoring of kidney transplant patients

Published
Thursday 26th June, 2014
Categories
Technology
Science
Health

A new data analysis technique radically improves monitoring of kidney patients, according to a University of Leeds-led study, and could lead to profound changes in the way we understand our health.

University to host centre for cancer clinical trials

Published
Wednesday 25th June, 2014
Categories
Science
Health

Cancer patients across Yorkshire will soon have better access to pioneering treatments following the establishment of a new clinical trials centre at the University of Leeds.

Researchers find clue to stopping Alzheimer's-like diseases

Published
Wednesday 25th June, 2014
Categories
Health

Tiny differences in mice that make them peculiarly resistant to a family of conditions that includes Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease may provide clues for treatments in humans.

Celebrating the work of a neglected scientific pioneer

Published
Tuesday 17th June, 2014
Categories
University
Science

A University of Leeds academic has shed important new light on the fascinating story of a pioneer whose contribution to one of science's biggest discoveries has long been overlooked.

Sky Ride pedals through University this weekend

Published
Friday 13th June, 2014
Categories
University

Sky Ride, the mass participation cycle ride, comes to Leeds for its second year on Sunday, 15 June - with some of the University of Leeds' historic buildings providing a backdrop to the riders.

The 'microbial garden' taking the shine off glaciers

Published
Thursday 12th June, 2014
Categories
Environment
Science

The first ecological study of an entire glacier has found that microbes drastically reduce surface reflectivity and therefore have an impact on the amount of sunlight that is reflected into space.