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High speed rail

Leeds on track: new Institute for High Speed Rail

Published
Tuesday 17th October, 2017
Categories
Technology

The University of Leeds is investing £10m to develop the UK’s first dedicated centre for high speed rail technologies and system integration.

Picture shows a hand opening a door

Novel material keeps itself germ-free

Published
Thursday 5th October, 2017
Categories
Technology
Health

Scientists have developed a novel weapon in the battle against deadly hospital-acquired infections – a textile that disinfects itself.

Med Tech SIA

Championing medtech in the Leeds City Region

Published
Thursday 21st September, 2017
Categories
Health
Technology

The University has led a Science and Innovation Audit, commissioned by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to highlight investment opportunities for medical technologies.

Concrete

National research centre to make infrastructure more efficient

Published
Monday 18th September, 2017
Categories
Working with business
Technology

Developing more durable infrastructure materials to help the public and private sectors save money and reduce their environmental impact is the focus of new civil engineering research at Leeds.

Tim Peakman

New Chief Operating Officer appointed

Published
Thursday 14th September, 2017
Categories
University

Tim Peakman has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer at the University of Leeds.

Engineering and Physical Sciences

Green light for engineering and physical sciences

Published
Thursday 31st August, 2017
Categories
Technology
Science
University

The University’s ambitious plans for advancing engineering and physical sciences has taken a major step forward today with a green light from Leeds City Council.

A. Fleming, British Antarctic Survey

Tracking the giant Antarctic iceberg

Published
Wednesday 2nd August, 2017
Categories
Global
Environment

The largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly 10% of its area when an iceberg four times the size of London broke free earlier this month.

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Mouse scans to tackle human heart disease

Published
Thursday 13th July, 2017
Categories
Health
Research and innovation

It’s two thousand times smaller and beats ten times faster – but the mouse heart holds important clues to the way heart disease develops in humans.