Engineering longer-lasting artificial joints Published 22 February 2021 Categories Working with business | Health | Be Curious A £4 million research project will develop a new generation of artificial joints that last longer, produce fewer side effects and are better suited for younger people.
Benefits system needs to be made simpler and fairer Published 22 February 2021 Categories Coronavirus | Business & Economy | Society & Politics The benefits system needs to change in order to properly support claimants during and after COVID-19, a major national research project has concluded.
Banning wild meat could add to global food problems Published 22 February 2021 Categories Science | Global | Environment A blanket ban on the trade of wild meat could create risks for nature and for human health, according to a new study.
Pore-like proteins designed from scratch Published 18 February 2021 Categories Technology | Science Scientists at Leeds are part of an international collaboration that has designed a protein that self-assembles into an artificial pore.
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.
'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.
New £10m research centre for greener global finance Published 15 February 2021 Categories Working with business | Policy Leeds | Business & Economy The UK is investing £10 million in a new national green finance research centre that will advise lenders, investors and insurers.
Ozone-depleting gas emissions back on the decline Published 10 February 2021 Categories Global | Environment The emissions of a banned ozone-depleting gas have dropped rapidly following a previously unexpected spike.
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.
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.
Building the Future: National Apprenticeship Week 2021 Published 8 February 2021 Categories Working with business National Apprenticeship Week 2021 runs until 14 February. This year the University is joining other providers in celebrating the diverse opportunities and value apprenticeships can bring.
Feeding Leeds: A fair and self-sustaining food system for the city Published 8 February 2021 Categories Society & Politics | Science A bold vision for feeding the population of Leeds would transform the city into a far more food secure, fair and sustainable place to live.
Screen industry professionals reveal how discrimination held back their careers Published 5 February 2021 Categories Arts & Culture TV presenter Sideman and Channel 4 commissioning editor Fozia Khan are among 11 screen industry professionals to appear in short films describing how discrimination held them back in their careers.
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.
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.