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The flag of Ukraine: equally sized horizontal bands of blue (top) and yellow.

Ukraine

Published
19 April 2023
Categories
University

Update from Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk on the University’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Two sets of MRI scans of a brain, with the scan on the right hand side of eat set having the oxygen-starved tumour highlighted

Scientists closer to targeted treatment of cancer cells

Published
12 April 2023
Categories
Health

Medical imaging researchers have developed a new technology which can measure oxygen levels in tumours in real time, potentially paving the way for better targeted treatment of certain cancer cells.

Tracey Brabin, West Yorkshire Mayor and Jeanne Rivera, Cell Metrology Team Leader at the launch of the Northern Cell Metrology Hub.

Nexus home to Northern Cell Metrology Hub

Published
5 April 2023
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business

Nexus has been unveiled as the home of the Northern Cell Metrology Hub, a new centre of innovation for clinical diagnostics and new medical technology.

Professor Helen Gleeson and Devesh Mistry working together in a laboratory

£2m investment boost for professor's 'wonder material'

Published
5 April 2023
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
Science

A cutting edge “deeptech” company born when a Leeds academic discovered a revolutionary new material that gets thicker as it is stretched has attracted £2 million in investment.

A student wearing a virtual reality headset, interacting with Stacey the virtual patient, who is sitting on a chair with her baby next to her in a baby carrier

Virtual patient teaches real-life mental health skills

Published
3 April 2023
Categories
Technology
Health

Extended-reality assisted clinical training in perinatal mental health has been launched by Health Education England in collaboration with the University of Leeds.

Illustration of a deepfake being made - a woman's face is shown being swapped with another face.

Deepfakes: has the camera always lied?

Published
31 March 2023
Categories
Arts & Culture
Technology
Society & Politics
Research

Fake footage is a centuries-old problem that began long before digital technology, according to a Leeds academic.