449 results for 'advanced materials'
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- 6 December 2016
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- Science
Six new multi-million pound research hubs, aimed at strengthening the UK’s manufacturing industries, have been announced this week by Universities and Science Minister, Jo Johnson MP.
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- 1 July 2016
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- News | Technology
Robots rarely get a good press. They’re either turning rogue, trying to control the human race as in The Matrix, or wreaking a path of destruction to kill the hero in Will Smith’s I, Robot.
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- 28 January 2016
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- Working with business | Business & Economy | Technology | Health
University of Leeds researchers are part of a project to transform the UK’s pharmaceutical industry by introducing new digital design processes.
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- 11 December 2015
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- Science | Technology | University
The work of the University of Leeds professor who developed one of the most influential scientific techniques of the 20th Century has been commemorated 100 years after he received the Nobel Prize.
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- 18 November 2015
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- Research and innovation | News | Research
A specially commissioned report captures the scale of the University’s economic, social and cultural impact.
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- 15 October 2015
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- Working with business | Science
A University of Leeds researcher is developing a new eye lens, made from the same material found in smartphone and TV screens, which could restore long-sightedness in older people.
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- 15 October 2015
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- Arts & Culture | Society & Politics
The University of Leeds is organising a series of free public events with cultural partners across Yorkshire as part of Being Human 2015, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities.
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- 13 February 2015
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- Health | Science
Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution imaging; drug delivery vehicles; and agents for destroying cancer cells.
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- 19 December 2014
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- Technology
A £5.2 million project led by the University of Leeds is aiming to transform data communications with a new generation of photonic microchips.
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- 5 December 2014
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- Society & Politics | Health
Leeds is to contribute to a new £235m science research centre, as announced in the government's Autumn Statement - part of a new package of measures to boost science in the UK.
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- 22 October 2014
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- Technology
A new Government-backed centre is set to put Leeds at the forefront of UK robot design and construction.
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- 8 October 2014
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- Science | Technology
Professor Sven Schroeder has been appointed to a new chair set up to lead research into the atomic structure of materials.
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- 8 October 2014
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- Technology | Science
Scientists from the University of Leeds have taken a crucial step forward in bio-nanotechnology, a field that uses biology to develop new tools for science, technology and medicine.
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- 7 October 2014
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- Science | Technology
A new crystallographic technique developed at the University of Leeds is set to transform scientists' ability to observe how molecules work.
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- 30 July 2014
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- Health | University
The University of Leeds is joining forces with one of the world's major resources for the study of medical history as part of a project to create a comprehensive online resource.