More than 39,000 cases of the hospital bug Clostridium difficile are missed in Europe each year because of a lack of clinical suspicion or inadequate lab testing, a Europe-wide study led by University of Leeds experts has found.
Scientists have announced the findings of the first study on the connection between the El Niño and global crop yield fluctuations, providing a new tool for adapting food security to climate change.
A team of scientists has found that Borneo's productive trees are vitally important for global carbon cycling.
Sheena Radford, Astbury Professor of Biophysics at the University of Leeds, has been made a fellow of the Royal Society.
Researchers looking at ways to improve government physical activity guidelines and tackle Britain's fitness crisis are calling for volunteers to take part in a new study.
Converting cattle ranches to forests is a cheap way of tackling climate change and saving species threatened with extinction, a new study has found.
A priceless First Folio of Shakespeare's plays is now available online, following months of painstaking digitization work at the University of Leeds.
Carbon offsetting initiatives could be improved with new insights into the make-up of tropical forests.
A new partnership between the University of Leeds and Olympic medallists the Brownlee brothers is set to help other athletes follow in their footsteps.
The University of Leeds has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Beijing Sport University, China's leading higher education institution for sport.
