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A group of people take part in a climate change protest, carrying banners

Can conversations bridge the climate divide?

Published: 7 September 2023
Categories: Society & Politics

Climate change sceptics and climate activists are being urged to get together to try to find common ground as part of a study by the University of Leeds.

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New smartphone technology explores skin tones

Published: 7 September 2023
Categories: Technology

A smartphone company and University of Leeds researchers aim to make digital photographs more accurately represent all skin tones.

A shiny, golden three-telescope NASA space observatory floats in the darkness of space

Ravenous black hole takes bites out of star

Published: 7 September 2023
Categories: Science

A ravenous black hole in a galaxy close to ours is taking bites out of a star like the Sun every time it orbits, new research has revealed.

A modern, robotic production line in a car factory

Green growth not happening in high-income countries

Published: 5 September 2023
Categories: Society & Politics | Business & Economy | Environment

The continued pursuit of economic growth in high income countries is at odds with the climate targets and fairness requirements of the Paris Agreement, say researchers.

A sonographer carrying out an ultrasound on a stomach with a monitor in the background

Leeds academic’s research informs independent pregnancy loss review

Published: 5 September 2023
Categories: Health

University of Leeds research into how expectant parents receive unexpected news during pregnancy ultrasound scans has informed a government-commissioned review into early pregnancy loss.

Aerial picture of the forest at Chapada de Guimaraes, Brasil, which is on the periphery of the Amazon and at the greatest risk from the hot and dry weather of El Nino

Extreme El Niño weather switched off South American's carbon sink

Published: 4 September 2023
Categories: Environment | Science | Global

Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry, according to new research.

Digital dentistry firm receives £2m seed funding

Published: 31 August 2023
Categories: Working with business

A spin-out company from the University of Leeds has received investment to accelerate the development of AI dentistry products.

Booking opens for Ilkley Literature Festival’s golden anniversary

Published: 30 August 2023
Categories: Working with our region | Arts & Culture

Tickets are now on sale for the Ilkley Literature Festival, which is celebrating its 50th year with a headline slot by Leeds Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage.

Dr Keith Brownlee stands before a Cystic Fibrosis Trust banner smiling at the camera

Transforming cystic fibrosis care

Published: 25 August 2023
Categories: Alumni

Director of Medical Affairs at the Cystic Fibrosis Trust Dr Keith Brownlee has played his part in transforming treatment of the condition – while raising two of Leeds’ most successful sporting alumni.

A person's hand on their chest above their heart

Half as many AF patients dying of heart attacks and strokes

Published: 25 August 2023
Categories: Health | Science | Research

Patients living with one of the UK’s most common heart rhythm conditions are 50% less likely to die from a heart attack or stroke than they were at the start of the millennium, new research has found.

Aerial view of a patch of cleared rainforest is cultivated by a digger, with smoke from a fire rising into the sky

Increased Amazon carbon emissions a result of weak law enforcement

Published: 24 August 2023
Categories: Environment

Increased carbon emissions from the Amazon rainforest are due to weak law enforcement, new research suggests.

A microscopic nematode worm, which appears bright blue against a black backdrop

What worms can tell us about brains and behaviour

Published: 23 August 2023
Categories: Science | Research

The University of Leeds has collaborated with a leading American institution on research that helps to crack the code that relates brain and behaviour.

Anti-knife crime campaigner Sarah Lloyd stares into distance.

Sarah's film hits home the dangers of carrying knives

Published: 22 August 2023
Categories: University

The mother of a teenager murdered in a knife attack is launching a film to warn young people about the tragic consequences of carrying knives.

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Pioneering new approaches in healthcare

Published: 18 August 2023
Categories: News | Business and partnerships

A new collaboration between researchers at the University of Leeds and the Leeds Health and Care Partnership will explore how best to support people with multiple long-term health conditions.

Professor Simone Buitendijk is pictured sitting in an office, smiling

Vice-Chancellor appointed as IHEC Commissioner

Published: 18 August 2023
Categories: Global

Professor Simone Buitendijk, Vice-Chancellor and President at the University of Leeds, will help set the future path for higher education following her appointment to an influential body.

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