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Professor Helen Gleeson and Devesh Mistry working together in a laboratory

£2m investment boost for professor's 'wonder material'

Published
5 April 2023
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
Science

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.

A student wearing a virtual reality headset, interacting with Stacey the virtual patient, who is sitting on a chair with her baby next to her in a baby carrier

Virtual patient teaches real-life mental health skills

Published
3 April 2023
Categories
Technology
Health

Extended-reality assisted clinical training in perinatal mental health has been launched by Health Education England in collaboration with the University of Leeds.

Illustration of a deepfake being made - a woman's face is shown being swapped with another face.

Deepfakes: has the camera always lied?

Published
31 March 2023
Categories
Arts & Culture
Technology
Society & Politics
Research

Fake footage is a centuries-old problem that began long before digital technology, according to a Leeds academic.

Kimberly Campanello performs poetry to an audience with a red backdrop (left) and looks at the camera for a portrait shot (right).

Poet speaks out about young onset Parkinson’s

Published
31 March 2023
Categories
Health
Arts & Culture

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.

A machine with eight syringes containing coloured fluid which is being piped into testing trays

Preventing cancer relapse with a genetic test

Published
23 March 2023
Categories
Science
Health

Scientists have found a new way to predict which myeloma patients will benefit the most from a treatment often used to help keep the blood cancer from coming back after a stem cell transplant.

Graphic shows the Earth as seen from space. Half of the graphic shows the surfaces of the world - the other half of the graphic  shows the hot processes that happen deep in the Earth's core.

Activity deep in Earth affects the global magnetic field

Published
16 March 2023
Categories
Environment
Science

Compass readings that do not show the direction of true north and interference with the operations of satellites are a few of the problems caused by peculiarities of the Earth’s magnetic field.

An aerial view of Leeds, with the University campus in the foreground

New children's health research partnership launched in Leeds

Published
8 March 2023
Categories
University
Working with our region
Health
Research

Severe childhood illnesses including cancer, life-threatening diseases and mental health conditions are to be the focus of a new multi-million pound research partnership in Leeds.

The bronze sculpture faces the camera head-on with campus in the background. The figure in the sculpture crouches over a compass. Its body is welded together, giving it a mechanical feel.

Paolozzi sculpture arrives at University

Published
6 March 2023
Categories
Alumni
University
Arts & Culture

A famous sculpture by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, donated by a Leeds alumnus, has joined a growing collection of public art on the University’s campus.