434 results for 'advanced materials'
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- 11 January 2021
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- Society & Politics | Technology | Working with business
Greater investment in rail research could be used to help level up the economy in the north of England, according to a report by economics and policy analysts Perspective Economics.
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- 8 January 2021
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- Health | Science
Researchers have for the first time identified the way viruses like the poliovirus and the common cold virus ‘package up’ their genetic code, allowing them to infect cells.
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- 7 January 2021
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- Working with business | Science | Environment | Global
Up to one billion tonnes of solid waste is being openly burned worldwide each year and risks the health of “tens of millions of people”, according to a review of the latest scientific evidence.
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- 9 December 2020
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- Science | Technology | Health
University of Leeds research has shown how microbubbles carrying powerful cancer drugs can be guided to the site of a tumour using antibodies.
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- 24 November 2020
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- Science | Society & Politics | Technology | Working with business
Rail industry and civic leaders are urging the Government to accelerate construction of an advanced rail Institute that would provide a “...game-changing opportunity for the UK”.
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- 18 November 2020
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- Science | Health
The benefits of giving chemotherapy before surgery to bowel cancer patients will be further explored in a new £3.4 million trial, one of three awarded regional funding.
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- 18 November 2020
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- Working with business | Environment | Business & Economy
The University is to help spearhead a national programme of technological revolution backed by the UK Space Agency.
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- 12 November 2020
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- Business & Economy | Technology | Science
The University of Leeds has secured funding to help two large industrial sectors make the transition to a greener, more sustainable future where they reduce waste, energy and pollution.
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- 10 November 2020
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- Science | Health
Scientists have been awarded £900,000 from Cancer Research UK to launch a groundbreaking clinical trial for people with lung cancer.
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- 5 November 2020
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- Business & Economy | University | Technology
An outline £10 million co-investment agreement has been signed by the University of Leeds and the companies involved in the power supply upgrade of the East Coast Main Line.
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- 5 November 2020
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- Environment
Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have discovered.
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- 27 October 2020
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- Technology | Science
Scientists have created synthetic soft surfaces with tongue-like textures for the first time using 3D printing.
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- 27 October 2020
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- Technology | News | Science
Gold nanotubes – tiny hollow cylinders one thousandth the width of a human hair – could be used to treat mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos fibres, say researchers.
- Published
- 15 October 2020
- Categories
- Research and innovation
Two Leeds researchers have been accepted into a prestigious scheme to further their work in climate change and searching for habitable worlds in space.
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- 8 October 2020
- Categories
- Health | Environment
University of Leeds researchers are taking part in a new Born in Bradford project with primary school children across the city - to measure levels of pollution and its impact on health.