1785 results for 'press statements'
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- 24 August 2021
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- Science | Working with business | Technology
The Royal Society - the UK’s leading scientific academy - has awarded its prestigious Clifford Patterson Medal and Lecture to an academic who had to cut short her career after becoming terminally ill.
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- 24 August 2021
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- Global | Health | Technology | Coronavirus
A simple electrical fan is the key component of a low-cost, easy-to-use breathing-support device designed to cope with the surge in COVID-19 cases in low to middle income countries.
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- 24 August 2021
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- Global | Environment
Extensive chains of volcanoes have been responsible for both emitting and then removing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), stabilising temperatures at Earth’s surface.
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- 24 August 2021
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- Science | Health
A major UK clinical trial has shown how a new approach to reduce the use of mechanical ventilation can greatly improve outcomes for critically ill infants and children.
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- 13 August 2021
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- Coronavirus | Science
Playing professional football games in empty stadiums had a hugely negative effect on the success of home teams, with home advantage almost halved, new research shows.
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- 11 August 2021
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- Global | Environment
A mobile phone app – launched today by an international team of scientists – will support farmers across Africa to adopt environmentally friendly ways of protecting their crops from pests.
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- 9 August 2021
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- Global | Environment
Changes in the Earth's climate caused by human activity are being observed in every region and across the whole climate system, according to a major international report released today.
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- 9 August 2021
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- University | Business and partnerships
The University has welcomed a group of talented young people with dreams of changing the world onto a prestigious skills and entrepreneurial programme.
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- 9 August 2021
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- Global | Technology | Environment
Attitudes to earthen homes need to change to prevent millions of them being replaced by buildings made from more environmentally-damaging materials, scientists warn.
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- 9 August 2021
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- Technology | Working with business | Science
A new synthetic material that accelerates the removal of harmful nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide from engine fumes is to be tested in a prototype catalytic converter.
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- 5 August 2021
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- Global | Business & Economy | Environment
Research into global climate models by leading international academics shows that current economic policies are in danger of leading nations away from emission and global warming targets.
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- 3 August 2021
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- University | Arts & Culture
A Leeds student has won a national competition to design the emblem for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
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- 3 August 2021
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- Health
A major UK trial of cannabis-based drug Sativex in treating the most aggressive form of brain tumour is to launch at 15 NHS hospitals, following promising results from a phase I study in 27 patients.
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- 26 July 2021
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- Health | Science
Scientists at Leeds and Cambridge have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and say their discovery could lead to the development of treatments to prevent memory loss in people.
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- 23 July 2021
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- Arts & Culture | News
Three Leeds academics have been elected to British Academy Fellowships, and Simon Armitage - Poet Laureate and Professor of Poetry - has been elected an Honorary Fellow.