1785 results for 'press statements'
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- 19 August 2015
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- Arts & Culture
Actor and comic Alistair McGowan aims to make a big impression when he returns to the region as part of a new series of public concerts organised by the University of Leeds.
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- 19 August 2015
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- Environment
A new study warns of the risks posed by the increasing air pollution over the cities of West Africa - amid fears it could have an impact on human health, meteorology and regional climate.
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- 17 August 2015
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Research has shown that a regular dose of aspirin reduces the long-term risk of cancer in those who are overweight.
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- 14 August 2015
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- Society & Politics
The suffering of prisoners of war and slave labourers forced to build the Thailand-Burma “Death” Railway amid appalling conditions was immortalised in The Bridge Over the River Kwai.
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- 13 August 2015
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- Health
Researchers have created unusually intelligent mice by altering a single gene and as a result the mice were also less likely to feel anxiety or recall fear.
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- 10 August 2015
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- Science | Environment
Widespread species are at just as high risk of being wiped out as rare ones after global mass extinction events, says new research by University of Leeds scientists.
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- 3 August 2015
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- Science
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time how to generate magnetism in metals that are not naturally magnetic, which could end our reliance on some rare and toxic elements currently used.
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- 3 August 2015
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- Health
University of Leeds experts have uncovered further evidence that protective buffers at the ends of chromosomes - telomeres - are fundamental to the understanding of the deadliest form of skin cancer.
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- 30 July 2015
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The University of Leeds Medical Technologies Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) has won £3 million to continue bringing the best of the UK’s medical technology research to patients.
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- 30 July 2015
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- Environment
An entire ecosystem is at risk from the effects of climate change on the UK’s blanket bogs, scientists at the University of Leeds have warned.
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- 27 July 2015
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- Health | Science
Cancer can be caused solely by protein imbalances within cells, a study of ovarian cancer has found.
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- 23 July 2015
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- Arts & Culture
A University of Leeds literary historian is embarking on a major project to shed light on an influential but neglected contemporary of Shakespeare.
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- 21 July 2015
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- Health
Targeting the strain of bacteria that causes ulcers may help prevent stomach cancer, according to research led by the University of Leeds.
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- 20 July 2015
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- Environment
The volume of Arctic sea ice increased by a third after the summer of 2013 as unusually cool air temperatures prevented the ice from melting, according to University of Leeds and UCL scientists.
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- 16 July 2015
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- Science
Aging damselflies never lose their libidos and are just as likely as younger competitors to mate.