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Research to investigate the origins of Earth

Published
Monday 28th March, 2022
Categories
Technology
Science

An astrophysicist at the University of Leeds has been awarded a five-year fellowship to answer one of the most fundamental questions in science – how do planets form? 

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Leeds University Rocketry Association takes launch

Published
Monday 28th March, 2022
Categories
Alumni

Theo Youds has always dreamt of going to space. Since forming the first ever rocketry association at Leeds and leading two successful rocket flights, he's set his sights on the Spaceport America Cup.

Visualisation of the virus that causes COVID-19

Anti-viral light neutralises COVID-19

Published
Wednesday 23rd March, 2022
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Science
Technology
Coronavirus
Health

A new type of ultraviolet light can efficiently kill airborne microbes, such as those which cause COVID-19, a study has found after successful trials.

Life size model of part of a human bronchial tree next to a section of the tentacle robot.

A robot small enough to explore the lungs

Published
Monday 21st March, 2022
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Technology
Health
Science

Engineers and scientists have paved the way for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs – to take tissue samples or deliver cancer therapy.

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International bowel cancer clinical trials open

Published
Thursday 17th March, 2022
Categories
Science
Health

Hundreds of newly diagnosed bowel cancer patients in Yorkshire will have the opportunity to take part in two international clinical trials.

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

Ukraine

Published
Thursday 10th March, 2022
Categories
University

The Vice-Chancellor has written to the University community with her response to the abhorrent wave of violence unleashed by the Russian government through its invasion of Ukraine.

Statement

Published
Thursday 10th March, 2022
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Statements

Statement from Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Bubbles rising up to the surface of the ocean

“Seafloor fertiliser factory” helped breathe life into Earth

Published
Thursday 10th March, 2022
Categories
Environment
Science
Research

Scientists reveal a new part of the recipe for complex life on planets, and it involves the onset of a microbial fertiliser factory on the Earth’s seafloor roughly 2.6 billion years ago.

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Changing the story

Published
Tuesday 8th March, 2022
Categories
Alumni

PR and Marketing Communications expert Annalise Coady has launched and transformed brands all around the world.