Honorary Degrees 2019
Leading figures from the worlds of science, the arts and industry will be the recipients of honorary degrees from the University of Leeds next month.
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A miniature robot that could check colons for early signs of disease
Engineers have shown it is technically possible to guide a tiny robotic capsule inside the colon to take micro-ultrasound images.
Using the past to unravel the future for Arctic wetlands
A new study has used partially fossilised plants and single-celled organisms to investigate the effects of climate change on the Canadian High Arctic wetlands and help predict their future.
University partners with CBI to unveil major new report
Advanced data analytics is opening up a "new frontier" for business research and development (R&D), according to a new report from Nexus and the Confederation of British Industry.
Using virtual populations to create safer medical devices
The current innovation process for medical technologies risks stifling the development of new devices, a leading researcher has argued.
Taking science out of the lab and into the pub
Tickets are on sale for the world’s largest festival of public science talks, which will see over 50 Leeds scientists take to the stage in pubs across the city.
Unequal pain relief at home for dying patients
Pain relief and end of life care is not being provided equally to people with advanced progressive diseases at home during their final three months, according to a new study.
Large-scale research plans for engineering and technology
Leeds City Council’s Plans Panel has given the green light to support the University’s application to develop a site that will host large-scale research and experimental facilities.
Opening up pioneering Jewish historian’s treasured collection
Looked at from one side, it’s the leather sole of a child’s shoe, a scarce resource re-purposed during wartime.
Swallows and Armenians – reappraising a children’s classic
John, Susan, Titty, Roger. The fictional Walker children are much-loved characters in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons – a quintessentially English family in an archetypal children’s classic.