Amazon - how will it cope with drought?
A collaboration involving 80 scientists has identified the regions of the Amazon rainforest where trees are most likely to face the greatest risk from drier conditions brought about by climate change.
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Amazon - challenges of science in the rainforest
As an ecologist, Dr Julia Tavares often has to consider how to collect data from remote locations.
Talk traces global journeys of Shakespeare’s First Folio
A distinguished academic is visiting the University of Leeds to give a public lecture as Shakespeare’s First Folio turns 400 years old.
More transparency needed about merits of AI
AI developers need to be much more open about how they evaluate the tools they produce, to make sure people understand how effective high-tech artificial intelligence actually is.
'Phone apps unable to identify one in five plants'
Some smartphone identifier apps misidentify at least one in five plant species, according to a new study.
Leeds partners with Ukrainian university on traumatic injury research
Ukrainian civilians who suffer traumatic injuries in the country’s conflict with Russia are the focus of new collaborative research by the University of Leeds and Bukovinian State Medical University.
£2m investment boost for professor's 'wonder material'
A cutting edge “deeptech” company born when a Leeds academic discovered a revolutionary new material that gets thicker as it is stretched has attracted £2 million in investment.
Virtual patient teaches real-life mental health skills
Extended-reality assisted clinical training in perinatal mental health has been launched by Health Education England in collaboration with the University of Leeds.
Deepfakes: has the camera always lied?
Fake footage is a centuries-old problem that began long before digital technology, according to a Leeds academic.
Poet speaks out about young onset Parkinson’s
A moving poem about living with young onset Parkinson's has been penned by an academic at the University of Leeds to mark World Parkinson’s Day.