434 results for 'advanced materials'
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- 2 October 2020
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- Working with business | Society & Politics | Technology
Scientists at the University of Leeds have pledged to develop a new generation of ultra-efficient electronics to help the UK achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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- 1 October 2020
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- Science | Environment | Global
Global energy consumption in 2050 could be reduced to the levels of the 1960s and still provide a decent standard of living for a population three times larger, according to a new study.
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- 1 October 2020
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- Science | Health
Pollution particles including carbon and metals have been found in the placentas of new mothers.
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- 18 September 2020
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- Science
Astronomers have discovered why dust clouds around fading stars form unique and beautiful shapes – and their findings have revealed how our sun could look in its dying days.
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- 3 September 2020
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- Science | Coronavirus | Health
A new and quicker method of diagnosing diseases in patients has been created by researchers at the University of Leeds.
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- 29 August 2020
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- Science | University | Arts & Culture
A large sculpture has been installed on the side of the Sir William Henry Bragg building, a new engineering and physical sciences development at the University.
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- 19 August 2020
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- Technology | Environment
The renewable energy industry needs to adopt the ideas of a circular economy, where equipment is designed to be reused or remanufactured when it reaches the end of its operational life.
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- 11 August 2020
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- University | Technology | Science
Visualising how molecules move in cells or interact with drugs will be possible with one of the world’s most advanced imaging centres being developed at the University.
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- 3 August 2020
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- Health | News
Professors Alejandro Frangi and David Jayne have been appointed as the first joint Directors of the new Centre of Responsive HealthTech Innovation.
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- 30 July 2020
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- Science | Technology
Researchers have for the first time measured a fundamental property of magnets called magnon polarisation — and in the process, are making progress towards building low-energy devices.
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- 22 July 2020
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- Environment | Global
The most advanced and comprehensive analysis of climate sensitivity ever undertaken has revealed with more confidence than ever before how sensitive the Earth’s climate is to carbon dioxide.
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- 8 July 2020
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- Global | Environment | Science
A major new study shows adding rock dust to farmland could remove the carbon dioxide equivalent of more than the current total emissions from global aviation and shipping combined.
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- 1 July 2020
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A major new interdisciplinary research centre has been launched with the aim of putting Leeds at the forefront of global efforts to tackle cancer.
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- 29 June 2020
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- Global | Science | Environment
Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study.
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- 25 June 2020
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- Science | Environment
A new study demonstrates for the first time that dolphins can learn foraging techniques outside the mother-calf bond – showing that they have a similar cultural nature to great apes.