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Specialist distributor backs crucial business research

Published
13 December 2012
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business

New research led by the University of Leeds and funded by specialist distributor Smiths News PLC will give businesses fresh insights into global trade.

Are jurors influenced by special courtroom measures?

Published
10 December 2012
Categories
Society & Politics
Society & Politics

Alleged adult rape victims are not disadvantaged in court if they choose to give evidence behind protective screens or via video links, according to new research.

DEMAND Centre Aims for Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Published
4 December 2012
Categories
Environment

The Institute for Transport Studies will play an important role in the DEMAND: Dynamics of Energy Mobility and Demand Centre, one of the RCUK's five new End Use Energy Demand (EUED) research centres.

Leeds joins Spitfire dig

Published
28 November 2012
Categories
Technology
Science

University of Leeds geophysics expertise will be called in to help with the final stage of Lincolnshire aviation enthusiast David Cundall's bid to locate buried Spitfires in Myanmar.

Leeds research to fuel growth

Published
15 November 2012
Categories
Science
University

The University of Leeds is to receive more than £2 million in government funding to help its cutting-edge research deliver benefits to business.

Bat-inspired technology showcased

Published
13 November 2012
Categories
Technology
Technology

A novel way to help blind and partially sighted people navigate their way around pavements, buildings and even mountain bike tracks has been showcased in a new BBC television series.

Jonathon Porritt joins campus panel discussion

Published
2 November 2012
Categories
Environment

Low carbon technologies such as solar power could support almost the entire global economy by 2050, environmentalist Jonathon Porritt told an alumni audience at the University of Leeds last night.

Opening of new terahertz lab

Published
30 October 2012
Categories
Technology
Science
Working with business

The University of Leeds in collaboration with Agilent Technologies Inc. recently opened a new terahertz measurement research lab in the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

Report highlights eco-friendly brick research

Published
25 October 2012
Categories
Environment
Technology

A technique developed at the University of Leeds that makes carbon-negative bricks from waste materials is featured in a new report on the social and economic benefits of academic research.

Leeds researchers help in Spitfires search

Published
17 October 2012
Categories
Technology
Science

University of Leeds geophysicists will advise during the final stages of a search for buried Spitfires in Burma.