1786 results for 'press statements'
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- 3 November 2020
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- Working with business | Business & Economy | University | News
The power of research at the University of Leeds in supporting the important work of Leeds City Council has been highlighted, thanks to a new report.
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- 29 October 2020
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- Science
Drugs prescribed to high-risk stroke patients are costing the NHS hundreds of millions each year – but they are so effective, the service is actually saving money.
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- 27 October 2020
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- Technology | Science
Scientists have created synthetic soft surfaces with tongue-like textures for the first time using 3D printing.
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- 22 October 2020
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- Health | Coronavirus | Society & Politics
Schools are being urged to support a study to help determine the effect of the national lockdown on children’s learning.
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- 21 October 2020
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- Science | Environment
Weather forecasters can more accurately predict when a tornado is likely to hit the UK thanks to a new tool devised in a partnership between the University of Leeds and the Met Office.
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- 15 October 2020
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- Research and innovation
Two Leeds researchers have been accepted into a prestigious scheme to further their work in climate change and searching for habitable worlds in space.
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- 14 October 2020
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- Coronavirus | Science | Health
Hundreds of volunteers from the region are taking part in a study to test the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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- 13 October 2020
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- Health | Science
Scientists have discovered the severity of the impact on a player’s head while heading a football is influenced much more by the speed of the ball than its mass and stiffness.
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- 12 October 2020
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- Technology | Science
New research is helping to explain one of the big questions that has perplexed astrophysicists for the past 30 years - what causes the changing brightness of distant stars called magnetars.
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- 12 October 2020
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- Science | Technology | Health
Scientists have made a breakthrough in their work to develop semi-autonomous colonoscopy, using a robot to guide a medical device into the body.
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- 9 October 2020
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- Technology | Coronavirus
Wearable digital devices are to be trialled in care homes to establish whether the technology can help reduce covid-19 infections and prevent deaths.
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- 9 October 2020
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- Science | Health | Coronavirus | University
Three leading academic researchers, two alumni and a former Pro-Chancellor at the University of Leeds have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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- 8 October 2020
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- Global | Environment
Meltwater lakes that form at glacier margins cause ice to recede much further and faster compared to glaciers that terminate on land, according to a new study.
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- 7 October 2020
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- Global | Environment
Rising nitrous oxide emissions are jeopardizing climate goals and the Paris Accord, according to a new international study.
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- 2 October 2020
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- Working with business | Health | Science
The University of Leeds has secured a £5.4 million grant to identify new techniques for investigating and manipulating the chemical building blocks of life - proteins.