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The Lowry in lockdown - a building reflected in glass door showing a closed sign in the window.

Crisis-hit UK cultural sector ‘at a crossroads’

Published
3 February 2022
Categories
Working with business | Coronavirus | Arts & Culture | Research

New research has revealed the profound impact of COVID-19 on the UK cultural sector’s organisations, workforce and audiences.

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The number of tree species on Earth

Published
2 February 2022
Categories
Global | Environment | Research

An international team of scientists estimate that there are 14% more tree species than previously thought.

Professor Ian Brooks in a polar landscape

Prestigious award for leading polar expert

Published
31 January 2022
Categories
Global | Environment | Science | Research

Ian Brooks, Professor of Boundary Layer Processes at the University of Leeds, has been awarded the Polar Medal.

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Reducing COVID-19 risk during dentist appointments

Published
28 January 2022
Categories
Science | Health | Coronavirus

Dentists could significantly increase the number of patients they see during the pandemic by switching the drills they use, according to new research.

Visualisation of a vertebra damaged by a tumour

Engineering quality of life for people with advanced cancers

Published
28 January 2022
Categories
Working with business | Science | Technology | Health

A £7 million research project has been launched to develop a new imaging and keyhole surgery approach to the treatment of secondary bone tumours of the spine.

A retinal scan

AI can identify heart disease from an eye scan

Published
25 January 2022
Categories
Global | Science | Health | Technology

Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that can analyse eye scans taken during a routine visit to an optician or eye clinic and identify patients at a high risk of a heart attack.

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Retailer loans rare art to University gallery

Published
21 January 2022
Categories
Working with business | University | Arts & Culture

Five major artworks have gone on display at the University thanks to a major loan by Marks & Spencer for the benefit of its home city.

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Tracking a city’s young people as they come of age

Published
20 January 2022
Categories
Working with our region | Health | Science

Researchers have secured £7 million to fund the next stage of the pioneering Born in Bradford study into the health and wellbeing of the city’s young people.

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A better understanding of foot-and-mouth disease

Published
17 January 2022
Categories
Science

The imaging of vanishingly tiny structures created by the foot-and-mouth disease virus could one day help scientists develop new treatments for infected animals.