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Computer generated image of a transmembrane protein

Pore-like proteins designed from scratch

Published
18 February 2021
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Technology
Science

Scientists at Leeds are part of an international collaboration that has designed a protein that self-assembles into an artificial pore.

Circular strands of DNA. Superimposed on them is the double helix structure of the molecule.

Visualisation of 'dancing DNA'

Published
16 February 2021
Categories
Science

Videos showing for the first time how small circles of DNA adopt dance-like movements inside a cell have been developed by researchers in Yorkshire.

Four children lying on wooden decking looking into a river. They all have their backs to the camera.

'Amazing progress' in childhood cancer treatment

Published
15 February 2021
Categories
Health
Science

The childhood cancer survival rate in Yorkshire is among the best in the world, with 86 out of every 100 children diagnosed with the disease before their 15th birthday living for at least five years.

A person wearing a mask that says 'Racism is a Virus'

Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups

Published
9 February 2021
Categories
Coronavirus
Society & Politics

The ways in which discrimination is worsening the impact of COVID-19 on people in Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups in the UK will be explored in a new research project.

Students at the University of Leeds in pre-coronavirus times

Giving back: students volunteer throughout the pandemic

Published
9 February 2021
Categories
Coronavirus

As Student Volunteering Week kicks off around the UK, we celebrate the huge contribution that University of Leeds students make locally, nationally and internationally.

Two lanes of stationary traffic. In the distance is a blue-coloured motorway sign.

Out of this world development of a new catalytic converter

Published
2 February 2021
Categories
Working with business
Technology
Science

Scientists are using an analysis of gases in the atmosphere of Venus to develop a new generation of lower-cost and more effective catalytic converters.

A solitary bee feeds from a bright pink flower

Protecting UK insect populations post-Brexit

Published
29 January 2021
Categories
Science
Environment

The health of the UK’s insect populations is to be assessed by a new project, which aims to advise on policies to help protect them more effectively post-Brexit.