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Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status

Published: 6 December 2021
Categories: Environment

Special status has been awarded to the habitat of a species of seal left endangered due to human activity.

Fossils of the now-extinct trilobite organism, Selenopeltis

Volcanic fertilisation of the oceans drove severe mass extinction

Published: 2 December 2021
Categories: News | Environment

Scientists discover two intense periods of volcanism triggered a period of global cooling and falling oxygen levels in the oceans, causing one of the most severe mass extinctions in Earth history.

Efforts to restore Indonesian peatlands could save billions in wildfire costs

Published: 2 December 2021
Categories: Science | Global | Environment

Plans to restore Indonesian peatlands are a cost-effective strategy for reducing the impacts of peatland fires to the environment, climate and human health, says a new study.

University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection Masud Khokar, Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk, Leeds Civic Trust Chair Jane Taylor and Leeds Civic Trust Director Martin Hamilton

Blue plaque to honour University's first Librarian

Published: 1 December 2021
Categories: University

Fanny Passavant, the first Librarian of the University Of Leeds, has been honoured with the unveiling of a blue plaque.

Alastair Da Costa, Pro-Chancellor of the University of Leeds

Next Pro-Chancellor appointed

Published: 30 November 2021
Categories: Working with business | Working with our region | University

A Leeds alumnus has been appointed as the next Pro-Chancellor of the University.

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Visualising your COVID-19 risk

Published: 30 November 2021
Categories: Coronavirus | Science | Health

A new interactive graphic developed by UK researchers and published by The BMJ will help people decide what to do in everyday situations to protect themselves, and others, from COVID-19.

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Joint policing research centre launched

Published: 30 November 2021
Categories: Working with our region | Society & Politics

A £10m research centre dedicated to better understanding how the police and other services can prevent and reduce vulnerabilities is launched today by Leeds and the University of York.

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World Changers: essays with impact by early-career researchers

Published: 30 November 2021
Categories: University | Global

A collection of essays exploring how Leeds research is helping to change the world has been launched by the University’s Vice-Chancellor.

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Assessing household mixing during the pandemic

Published: 25 November 2021
Categories: Technology | Health | Coronavirus

Key data showing how people adhered to the UK government’s COVID-19 laws preventing household mixing in England have been analysed for the first time.

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Global research at Leeds recognised by top honour

Published: 25 November 2021
Categories: Environment | Global | University

The University of Leeds has been awarded the country’s most prestigious higher education honour.

Less healthy foods and drinks also damage climate

Published: 25 November 2021
Categories: Health | News

Cutting out your morning pastry and expensive coffee might help fight the climate crisis, a Leeds-led study published today reveals.

Leeds team to study impact of cannabis-based drug on most lethal brain tumour

Published: 25 November 2021
Categories: Science | Health

University of Leeds researchers are set to launch a major trial of a cannabis-based drug to treat the most aggressive form of brain tumour.

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Leeds wins funding to open up postgraduate research

Published: 24 November 2021
Categories: University

Two major new research projects to improve access to postgraduate study for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students are underway at Leeds.

Academic seeks to ‘open physics to the whole of society’

Published: 24 November 2021
Categories: Society & Politics | Science

An academic who has championed greater equality in physics is to advise on ways the subject can be opened up to people from under-represented groups.

Free green services could substantially reduce household emissions

Published: 23 November 2021
Categories: Society & Politics | Environment | Business & Economy

Using carbon tax revenue to fund free green electricity and public transport could significantly reduce individual households’ greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found.

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