434 results for 'advanced materials'
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- 18 November 2021
- Categories
- Society & Politics | Global | Environment
For at least the last 30 years, not a single country has met the basic needs of its residents without overconsuming natural resources, according to new research led by the University of Leeds.
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- 17 November 2021
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- Working with business | Technology
A test rig to help the nuclear industry design new reactors, decommission old ones and better dispose of waste from nuclear reprocessing is to be built at the University.
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- 29 October 2021
- Categories
- Global | Technology | Science
Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research by a global team of scientists.
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- 28 October 2021
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- Working with business | Environment
Industry must speed up investment in new technologies that allow manufacture of materials using renewable electricity if net zero emissions targets are to be met, researchers warn.
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- 26 October 2021
- Categories
- Science | Arts & Culture
An exhibition about a father and son team who made one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20th century opens today at the University.
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- 14 October 2021
- Categories
- Science | Health
Some sunscreens offer very limited protection against dangerous sunrays during use and may even be harmful.
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- 13 October 2021
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- Arts & Culture | Working with our region | Science
Light Night Leeds 2021 marks the start of a season of events to honour the work and achievements of physicist Sir William Henry Bragg.
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- 1 October 2021
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- Alumni
Cec Thompson's (Economics, 1968, Hon MA, 1994) remarkable rise on the rugby field is matched only by his achievements off it, as he pushed himself from illiteracy to graduation.
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- 27 September 2021
- Categories
- Health
Spacing out treatment for kidney cancer over a longer period produces fewer side effects without diminishing results.
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- 24 September 2021
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- Science | Health
Planned breaks from drug treatments for kidney cancer do not have a meaningful detrimental effect on patients’ life expectancy or quality of life, say doctors.
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- 16 September 2021
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- Working with business | Technology | Health
A centre to support the development of health technology has been launched by the University in partnership with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
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- 15 September 2021
- Categories
- Technology | Working with business | Science
Leading scientists say the UK risks being overtaken as a world leader in a key area of science and technology unless there is greater investment in research facilities and training.
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- 15 September 2021
- Categories
- Technology | Science
Analysis of unique "fingerprints" in light emitted from material surrounding young stars has revealed “significant reservoirs” of large organic molecules necessary to form the basis of life.
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- 14 September 2021
- Categories
- Arts & Culture | Technology | University | Business & Economy
Leading figures in the fashion and textile industry have welcomed the launch of Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour (LITAC) today.
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- 24 August 2021
- Categories
- Science | Working with business | Technology
The Royal Society - the UK’s leading scientific academy - has awarded its prestigious Clifford Patterson Medal and Lecture to an academic who had to cut short her career after becoming terminally ill.