449 results for 'advanced materials'
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- 9 June 2014
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- Technology | University
The University of Leeds is joining forces with Universities UK this week to celebrate how research is improving lives, focusing on the extraordinary contribution that robots are making to society.
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- 1 June 2014
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- Technology | Business & Economy | Working with business
World class innovation by leading retailer Marks & Spencer is featured in one of two free online courses launched today by the University of Leeds.
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- 9 May 2014
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- Science | Environment
A team of scientists has found that Borneo's productive trees are vitally important for global carbon cycling.
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- 23 April 2014
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- Arts & Culture
A priceless First Folio of Shakespeare's plays is now available online, following months of painstaking digitization work at the University of Leeds.
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- 14 April 2014
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- Technology
Researchers have discovered a way to use standard semiconductors to detect light over a much broader range of wavelengths.
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- 10 March 2014
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- Environment | Science
The first animals may have oxygenated the Earth's oceans - contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their development, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience.
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- 17 February 2014
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- Technology
University of Leeds researchers have taken the lead in the race to build the world's most powerful terahertz laser chip.
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- 13 February 2014
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- Technology | University
The University of Leeds is investing over £2m to set up a state-of-the-art lecture capture and multimedia management system.
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- 9 January 2014
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- Society & Politics
The N8 Policing Research Partnership, based at the University of Leeds, has been awarded £50,000 by the College of Policing to further links between a consortium of academics and police forces.
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- 8 January 2014
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- Environment | Working with business
The University of Leeds will lead a consortium of 10 universities in a national research programme looking at ways of dealing with Britain's nuclear waste.
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- 23 December 2013
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- Science
For the first time, astronomers have observed a massive starless cloud, providing the answer to a long held question: How do some stars grow to be behemoths when the vast majority are much smaller?
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- 29 November 2013
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- University
The University of Leeds has announced a £60m fundraising campaign to create new student opportunities, push forward its research and support its vision of a place among world-leading universities.
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- 22 November 2013
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- University | Science
Professor Dan Shechtman celebrated crystallography's profound impact on modern science in the Bragg Centenary Lecture 2013 - and explained how he overturned one of the discipline's key principles.
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- 22 November 2013
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- University
Pioneering online learners have praised a free course offered by the University of Leeds as part of its venture into MOOCs.
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- 4 November 2013
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- Environment
The University of Leeds is spearheading the drive to recruit the next generation of environmental scientists.