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Leeds student to represent UK youth at UN climate talks

Published
Wednesday 3rd August, 2011
Categories
Environment
University

Leeds student Kristina Diprose has been selected as one of ten young people to represent UK youth at UN climate negotiations in South Africa this November.

Busy bees at work

Published
Tuesday 2nd August, 2011
Categories
Environment

A team of researchers including Leeds' Professor Bill Kunin will be working in Headingley and Meanwood for the next two years, looking at how bees and other pollinating insects respond to urban areas.

Heavy metal hardens battle

Published
Wednesday 20th July, 2011
Categories
Society & Politics
Arts & Culture

The French may have had a better chance at the Battle of Agincourt had they not been weighed down by heavy body armour, say researchers.

Forests absorb one-third of global fossil fuel emissions

Published
Friday 15th July, 2011
Categories
Environment

The world's established forests remove 8.8bn tonnes of CO2 per year from the atmosphere - equivalent to nearly a third of annual fossil fuel emissions - according to new research published in Science.

Japan's secrets of success revealed

Published
Tuesday 12th July, 2011
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business

Three high-flying engineering students from the University of Leeds are getting a privileged insight into the secrets of Japan's manufacturing success.

More support for end-of-life care

Published
Monday 11th July, 2011
Categories
Health

The University of Leeds together with St. Gemma's Hospice has appointed a new chair in Palliative Medicine.