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Building teenagers’ resilience to say 'No' to smoking

Published: 16 May 2022
Categories: Society & Politics | Science | Health

A training programme to help teenagers say “No” if they are offered a cigarette or asked to vape is being offered to schools under a licensing deal signed by the University.

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Revolutionary dyeing process wins Circular Future Fund prize

Published: 16 May 2022
Categories: Arts & Culture | Science

A ground-breaking project to develop a new polyester dyeing technology has beaten more than 240 projects in a competition to win a share of the Circular Future Fund.

REF 2021: University of Leeds research delivers real world impact

Published: 12 May 2022
Categories: University | News

The results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 identified that over 90% of University of Leeds research has an overall quality rating of “world leading” or “internationally excellent”.

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Seeing Stars: New exhibition takes art into outer space

Published: 11 May 2022
Categories: Arts & Culture | Research

A new exhibition at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery is shining a light on contemporary artists who use the newest technologies for space imaging in their art practice.

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New study shines light on inequalities in gestational diabetes research

Published: 11 May 2022
Categories: Global | Health | Research

Researchers have found a concerning lack of robust data for non-white European women in previous studies examining the impact of diet on gestational diabetes.

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Novel approach to brain tumour treatment

Published: 9 May 2022
Categories: Science | Health

A potential new approach to treating one of the most common and devastating forms of brain cancer in adults has been developed in a seven-year research project.

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Clinical trial opens new way of treating prostate cancer

Published: 4 May 2022
Categories: Health

A different way of treating people with prostate cancer will be investigated by researchers at the University of Leeds in a new clinical trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.

Drink in the latest discoveries at Pint of Science

Published: 29 April 2022
Categories: Events

A global festival bringing people with a thirst for knowledge together with scientists at the frontiers of discovery is back in Leeds for 2022.

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Loneliness leads to higher risk of future unemployment

Published: 28 April 2022
Categories: Science | Society & Politics

Experiencing loneliness appears to lead to a higher risk of future unemployment, according to new research.

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Arms race to track the changes in structural biology

Published: 28 April 2022
Categories: Health | Science

Scientists are locked in an arms race to understand the ever-changing structure of proteins, argues a Nobel Prize winning structural biologist.

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Historic dialect recordings archive digitised for the public

Published: 28 April 2022
Categories: Society & Politics | Arts & Culture

If you are feeling a bit peckish do you enjoy a bit of scran or docky? Perhaps if you have a sweet tooth then a bag of cooshies or jumbles might hit the spot.

Exercise warnings over long COVID recovery

Published: 26 April 2022
Categories: Coronavirus | Health | Science

Patients experiencing long COVID are receiving “inconsistent advice” on how to resume physical activities, according to a major study.

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Cases of atrial fibrillation are at all-time high

Published: 26 April 2022
Categories: Science | Health | Research

The number of people living with atrial fibrillation – a dangerous heart condition and major cause of stroke – has increased by 72% in England over the last two decades, according to new research.

Using AI to detect cancer from patient data securely

Published: 25 April 2022
Categories: Technology | Science | Health | Research

A new way of using artificial intelligence to predict cancer from patient data without putting personal information at risk has been developed.

Nina Brown and the Swiss captain before playing the opening game of the 2022 Bandy world championships, pictured on the ice rink.

Leeds alum captains Great Britain to Bandy World Championship silver

Published: 21 April 2022
Categories: Alumni

Former Leeds Gryphon Ice Hockey Club captain Nina Brown (Healthcare Science 2018) has led GB women’s bandy team to a world championship silver medal, helping to resurrect a historic sport in the UK.

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