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Professor Neil Morris and Professor Jeff Grabill

New senior leadership appointments

Published: 29 April 2021
Categories: University | University

Appointments have been announced for two senior leadership roles supporting the University’s strategic ambitions.

A group of German First World War prisoners posed for a picture at a POW camp in Skipton, North Yorkshire

Lost story of POW camp uncovered in new book

Published: 29 April 2021
Categories: Society & Politics | Arts & Culture

The forgotten story of a First World War prisoner-of-war camp in North Yorkshire has been brought to life through new research.

Open-plan laboratories on level 9 of the Garstang Building.

Upgrade will lead to greater research impact

Published: 27 April 2021
Categories: Science | University

A major refurbishment to enhance world-class research facilities for the Faculty of Biological Sciences is complete.

A student in the School of Design at the University of Leeds

Leeds signs up to tackle waste in fashion

Published: 26 April 2021
Categories: Arts & Culture | Working with business | Environment | Business & Economy

Leeds is the first university to sign up to a voluntary agreement to slash the impact of the UK clothing and home fabrics industries on the environment.

A scientist in the lab environment looking into a microscope.

Northern universities launch new investment company

Published: 25 April 2021
Categories: University | Business & Economy | Working with business

The Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield are launching a new investment company to help boost the commercialisation of university spinouts and start-ups in the North of England.

Wellcome funding for medical humanities

Published: 22 April 2021
Categories: Arts & Culture

A team from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures has secured £1 million in funding from global charitable foundation Wellcome to develop medical humanities research.

A picture taken by an electron microscope of the interface between the hydrogel and the PDMS matrix. The PDMS appears as a honeycombe-like structure.

Inspired by nature, the research to develop a new load-bearing material

Published: 22 April 2021
Categories: Be Curious | Science

Engineers have developed a material that mimics human cartilage – the body’s shock absorbing and lubrication system, and it could herald the development of a new generation of lightweight bearings.

Inside the bowel showing cancerous cells

Artificial Intelligence could create better outcomes for bowel cancer patients

Published: 22 April 2021
Categories: Science | Health

A test which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to measure proteins present in some patients with advanced bowel cancer could hold the key to more targeted treatment, according to new research.

Recovered water levels seen in a peatland area.

Managing peatlands to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Published: 21 April 2021
Categories: Science | Environment

Substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved by raising water levels in agricultural peatlands, according to a new study.

The West Mato volcano erupting underwater.

Energy unleashed by submarine volcanoes could power a continent

Published: 21 April 2021
Categories: Science | Environment

Volcanic eruptions deep in our oceans are capable of extremely powerful releases of energy, at a rate high enough to power the whole of the United States, according to research published today.

Portraits of Professor Iyiola Solanke and Professor Louise Bryant

New deans for equality, diversity and inclusion

Published: 20 April 2021
Categories: University

The University has appointed two new deans to lead the development of its strategy for equality and inclusion.

A giant dust cloud approaching the camera as it moves across a sandy and dust terrain

Weather forecasts that predict meningitis outbreaks

Published: 12 April 2021
Categories: Global | Health | Science | Technology

Scientists are using weather forecasts to predict the location and scale of impending meningitis outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Holuhraun lava field in Iceland erupting and emitting large clouds of smoke

Volcanic pollution link to respiratory disease increase

Published: 12 April 2021
Categories: Global engagement | Environment

Respiratory disease increased markedly following one of Iceland’s largest volcanic eruptions, a new study has found.

The Nexus building on the campus of the University of Leeds

Strengthening the knowledge-based economy

Published: 31 March 2021
Categories: Working with business | Science | Business & Economy

The University of Leeds is among the top performing higher education institutions in England for generating impact around its research, according to an analysis by Research England.

Space picture of Earth showing a thin line of the atmosphere and Sun on the horizon.

Extra 100 million years before Earth saw permanent oxygen rise

Published: 31 March 2021
Categories: Global | Environment

The permanent rise of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere, which fundamentally changed the subsequent nature of Earth’s habitability, occurred much later than thought, according to new research.

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