While you are more likely to do something if you plan it in advance, new research from the University of Leeds shows that partnering up can really boost the likelihood of sticking to your resolutions.
It's official: older adults are naturally inclined to drive in the middle of the road, leaving the younger generation to cut corners.
Climate change will increase the amount of electricity generated by solar power in some parts of the world while decreasing it in others.
Better forecasting of violent storms, such as those battering the British Isles over the past few weeks, could be possible in the future.
Dr Nick West of the Faculty of Medicine and Health fought off tough competition to be named the 2011 University of Leeds Postgraduate Researcher of the Year.
Scientists have discovered a mechanism they believe may play a key role in the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in animals.
A University of Leeds academic is supporting an e-petition calling on the Government to posthumously pardon the mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing for his conviction of gross indecency.
Researchers have confirmed a unique behaviour within the male population of tiny fig wasps that pollinate fig trees - they team up to help pregnant females, even if they have not mated themselves.
Investing 2% of a modern city's GDP in low carbon and energy efficient opportunities for ten years would reduce that city's carbon emission levels by 40% at no net cost.
The University of Leeds, working in partnership with Sellafield Ltd, has won the Core Chemical Engineering Award at the Institution of Chemical Engineers 2011 Awards.