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UK can halve its energy demand by 2050

Published
30 June 2022
Categories
Science | Environment | Research

New research shows that the UK can dramatically reduce its energy demand to meet net zero emissions targets by 2050 without negatively impacting quality of life.

FSNet fellows looking at equipment at the environmental observatory on the University farm

Building globally sustainable food systems

Published
23 June 2022
Categories
Environment | Global | Research

Fellows from six African countries this week joined colleagues at Leeds to strengthen networks and build research and leadership skills, helping to bring sustainable change in African food systems.

robot arms maintaining protective netting over green leafy vegetables in an agricultural nursery

Can robotics help us achieve sustainable development?

Published
23 June 2022
Categories
Technology | Global

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Leeds, have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

three surgeons in gowns and gloves seen from the shoulders down, using medical implements to perform an operation

Heart surgery backlog requires urgent action

Published
17 June 2022
Categories
Science | Health | Research

Urgent action is needed to clear the backlog of people with a common heart condition waiting for life-saving treatment, according to new research.

FAAM Airborne Laboratory aircraft in a hangar.

Taking UK airborne research to new heights

Published
15 June 2022
Categories
Technology | Environment

The UK’s flying laboratory will remain at the forefront of environmental research following a significant investment by the UK Government.

Three members of an operating team working together on an unseen patient

Low-tech: just what the doctor ordered

Published
14 June 2022
Categories
Health | Global | Technology

Medical equipment that can be manufactured at low cost and easily maintained will help extend surgery to the five billion people worldwide who currently cannot get access to it, say researchers.

Ventilation duct

Improve air quality inside buildings - leading engineers

Published
13 June 2022
Categories
Working with our region | Health | Technology

Air quality inside buildings and on transport systems should be improved to reduce the impact of future pandemics or the spread of flu and other infectious diseases, say engineers and scientists. 

Industrial action 2021/22

Published
10 June 2022
Categories
Statements

A message to staff from Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk.

Phosphorus mining process

Tackling the phosphorus crisis

Published
9 June 2022
Categories
Environment | Science

Global mismanagement of phosphorus is threatening food security and polluting water, according to a new report into the use of the finite nutrient.