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Effective stroke drugs are saving the NHS millions

Published
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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Learning lessons from lockdown school closures

Published
22 October 2020
Categories
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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Predicting tornadoes on UK cold fronts for the first time

Published
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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COVID-19 vaccine trial begins in Leeds

Published
14 October 2020
Categories
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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Faster footballs result in harder headers

Published
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.

A map that shows that shows the hotter and cooler zones on the magnetar. The cooler zones are blue and the hotter zones are yellow

Modelling temperature variation on distant stars

Published
12 October 2020
Categories
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.