1723 results for 'press statements'
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- 29 May 2019
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- Science | Global
Scientists have identified a new internal regulator that helps control the body’s response to fight infection.
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- 29 May 2019
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- Global | Environment
A new study has used partially fossilised plants and single-celled organisms to investigate the effects of climate change on the Canadian High Arctic wetlands and help predict their future.
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- 22 May 2019
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- Science | Environment
Leeds scientists are leading a research network of northern universities to find new ways to rapidly decarbonise UK transport.
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- 16 May 2019
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- Science | Environment
In only 25 years, ocean melting has caused ice thinning to spread across West Antarctica so rapidly that 24% of its glacier ice is now affected, according to a new study.
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- 14 May 2019
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- University | Business and partnerships
Advanced data analytics is opening up a "new frontier" for business research and development (R&D), according to a new report from Nexus and the Confederation of British Industry.
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- 10 May 2019
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- University | Arts & Culture
University of Leeds Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage has been appointed the UK’s new Poet Laureate.
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- 8 May 2019
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- Health
A groundbreaking collaboration of health, care and university partners across the city of Leeds is helping to enhance the local workforce.
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- 7 May 2019
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- University | Science
Three University of Leeds researchers have received a prestigious fellowship aimed at tackling global challenges.
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- 6 May 2019
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- Science | Environment
New research reveals clues to a crucial period of rapid evolution in complex animals that began roughly 540 million years ago.
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- 1 May 2019
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- Science | Environment
Analysis of water samples from the UK’s Humber estuary revealed high levels of pharmaceuticals, with ibuprofen found at some of the highest concentrations ever reported across the globe.
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- 1 May 2019
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- Global | Health
Scientists are attempting to tackle a virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, a skin cancer that is common amongst those with HIV.
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- 16 April 2019
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- Technology | Health | News
Engineers have developed a prototype endoscope which they say could cut the cost of manufacture from £80,000 to just £40.
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- 12 April 2019
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- Environment
A new report sets out how Leeds could become a carbon neutral city by 2050 – and potentially by 2030.
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- 11 April 2019
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- Health | Science
A protein complex has been shown to play a key role in preventing the build-up of toxic plaques in the brain linked to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease.
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- 9 April 2019
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- Science | Environment
The first large-scale survey of those working to protect the natural world has found general agreement on the goals of conservation – but significant divisions on how to achieve them.