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How fish survive extreme pressures of ocean life

Published
28 September 2022
Categories
Environment | Science | Research

Scientists have discovered how a chemical in the cells of marine organisms enables them to survive the high pressures found in the deep oceans.

Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh poses for profile photo

Using Leeds knowledge to save lives

Published
26 September 2022
Categories
News

Poison Information Coordinator Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh (MPh Public Health 2016) has received international recognition for her work to prevent lead poisoning in children across Jamaica.

A real-life and a digital representation of a city.

Virtual worlds addressing real-life issues

Published
26 September 2022
Categories
Global | Technology | Working with business | Research

From space exploration to protecting the world’s rainforests, the benefits of creating virtual models of real-life scenarios are limitless.

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Mary Beard to give 2022 Alice Bacon Lecture 

Published
26 September 2022
Categories
Events | Arts & Culture

Renowned scholar Professor Mary Beard is to give the latest public lecture in a University of Leeds series celebrating strong women. 

Professor Mary Beard will be giving this year's Alice Bacon lecture. January 2020

Mary Beard to give latest Alice Bacon Lecture

Published
26 September 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture | University

Renowned scholar Professor Mary Beard is to give the latest public lecture in a University of Leeds series celebrating strong women.

Rainforest in Panama

Tropical soils 'highly sensitive' to global warming

Published
21 September 2022
Categories
Environment | Science

Global warming is likely to cause a decline in the number of species of microbes that live in tropical soils - and that could threaten the biodiversity of rainforests and increase carbon emissions.

Feather Coral Reef in the Great Barrier Reef

Climate models unreliable in predicting damage to coral reefs

Published
21 September 2022
Categories
Environment | Science

Climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the damage that tropical cyclones will do to sensitive coral reefs, according to a new study published in the journal Earth’s Future.

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Leeds Digital Festival 2022

Published
20 September 2022
Categories
Working with business | Working with our region | University | Technology

Leeds Digital Festival has announced the full schedule for its latest instalment of the tech showcase, with over 200 events taking place from Tuesday 20 to Friday 30 September.

The Queen visited the University of Leeds in 1958. Here she waves to the crowd on the Parkinson steps, with the Chancellor, the Princess Royal behind, the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Charles Morris standing to her right and the Duke of Edinburgh to her left

Leeds alumni share memories of Queen Elizabeth II

Published
19 September 2022
Categories
Alumni

From a visit to The Great Hall in 1958, to many special moments around the world that followed, the Leeds community share their memories of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II from around the globe.

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Poet Laureate marks death of Queen Elizabeth II

Published
15 September 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture

Simon Armitage, Professor of Poetry at Leeds' School of English, has written a poem to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II, in his role as Poet Laureate.

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Queen Elizabeth II

Published
9 September 2022
Categories
University

It is with immense sadness that the University of Leeds has learnt of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Image from space showing the Earth and the ozone layer

New method to assess health of ozone layer

Published
26 August 2022
Categories
Health | Science | Environment

Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the impact of ozone-depleting chemicals released into the atmosphere.