434 results for 'advanced materials'
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- 12 October 2017
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- Working with business
The University of Leeds is one of three universities partnering in a £5 million programme to help get academic research into business.
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- 5 October 2017
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- Technology | Health
Scientists have developed a novel weapon in the battle against deadly hospital-acquired infections – a textile that disinfects itself.
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- 18 September 2017
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- Working with business | Technology
Developing more durable infrastructure materials to help the public and private sectors save money and reduce their environmental impact is the focus of new civil engineering research at Leeds.
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- 11 September 2017
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- Technology
The Royal Academy of Engineering has elected the University of Leeds’ professor of Nanomanufacturing Innovation, Terry Wilkins, to its fellowship.
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- 31 August 2017
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- Technology | Science | University
The University’s ambitious plans for advancing engineering and physical sciences has taken a major step forward today with a green light from Leeds City Council.
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- 31 August 2017
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- Global | University
Two more academics at the University of Leeds have been awarded National Teaching Fellowships, one of the most prestigious awards for higher education teaching.
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- 18 July 2017
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- Science | Business and partnerships
Using the principles of light, Leeds scientists have discovered a new way to measure the strength of modern forms of concrete – giving industry a better way to understand when it could fracture.
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- 13 July 2017
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- Health | Research and innovation
It’s two thousand times smaller and beats ten times faster – but the mouse heart holds important clues to the way heart disease develops in humans.
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- 5 July 2017
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- Technology | Health | Environment
In the face of unpredictable weather conditions, waterproof jackets have become key items in many people’s wardrobes.
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- 5 July 2017
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- Health
St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds is to become the first formally recognised university teaching hospice in the UK, following the announcement of a strengthened relationship with the University.
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- 30 June 2017
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- Global | Environment
A new £10 million research programme to investigate how the Arctic Ocean is changing has launched its first cruise to the Barents Sea.
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- 19 June 2017
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- Science
A major new insight into how Hepatitis B Virus works could pave the way for new drug treatments for the infection which is the major cause of liver cancer worldwide.
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- 16 June 2017
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- Technology
Ten of the most advanced infrastructure robots and systems currently in development will be put to the test later this month at the UK Robotics Week Resilient Infrastructure Challenge event in Leeds.
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- 18 May 2017
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- Working with business | Technology | Science
A new partnership between leading science and technology company Merck and the University aims to expand the use of liquid crystals in optical innovations.
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- 5 May 2017
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- Science | University
The Royal Society has elected Professor of Engineering Anne Neville to its fellowship, in recognition of her substantial contribution to the field of corrosion and tribology research.