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Kimberly Campanello performs poetry to an audience with a red backdrop (left) and looks at the camera for a portrait shot (right).

Poet speaks out about young onset Parkinson’s

Published
31 March 2023
Categories
Health
Arts & Culture

A moving poem about living with young onset Parkinson's has been penned by an academic at the University of Leeds to mark World Parkinson’s Day.

A machine with eight syringes containing coloured fluid which is being piped into testing trays

Preventing cancer relapse with a genetic test

Published
23 March 2023
Categories
Science
Health

Scientists have found a new way to predict which myeloma patients will benefit the most from a treatment often used to help keep the blood cancer from coming back after a stem cell transplant.

Forecasters looking at weather maps on a computer screen.

Alerting vulnerable communities to extreme weather

Published
23 March 2023
Categories
Technology
Environment
Science

Scientists have been awarded £2 million to develop ways of alerting communities in South Africa, Zambia and Mozambique to extreme weather.

female student studying online sat in front of a laptop

University of Leeds launches fully-online MSc

Published
22 March 2023
Categories
Science
University

Students around the globe will be able to experience world-class expertise from the University of Leeds - as it launches a new fully-online course.

Expanse of snow and ice on the Amunden Sea Embayment ice shelf

Billions of tonnes of ice lost from Antarctic Ice sheet

Published
20 March 2023
Categories
Global
Science
Environment

Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region - the Amundsen Sea Embayment - has lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over a 25-year period.   

Graphic shows the Earth as seen from space. Half of the graphic shows the surfaces of the world - the other half of the graphic shows the hot processes that happen deep in the Earth's core.

Activity deep in Earth affects the global magnetic field

Published
16 March 2023
Categories
Environment
Science

Compass readings that do not show the direction of true north and interference with the operations of satellites are a few of the problems caused by peculiarities of the Earth’s magnetic field.

An aerial view of Leeds, with the University campus in the foreground

New children's health research partnership launched in Leeds

Published
8 March 2023
Categories
University
Working with our region
Health
Research

Severe childhood illnesses including cancer, life-threatening diseases and mental health conditions are to be the focus of a new multi-million pound research partnership in Leeds.

A young skateboarder does tricks on a board as a group of friends look on

Designing parks to help women feel safe

Published
7 March 2023
Categories
Arts & Culture
Society & Politics

A unique piece of audio artwork designed to encourage people into skateboarding has been created by a University of Leeds researcher.