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The photo shows a high-speed train passing an static frequency converter on the east coast main line. The static frequency converter delivers power to the railway line.

Powering the next generation of rail travel

Published
5 November 2020
Categories
Business & Economy | University | Technology

An outline £10 million co-investment agreement has been signed by the University of Leeds and the companies involved in the power supply upgrade of the East Coast Main Line.

Student Gerard Murphy looking down a microscope

National Care Leavers Week: Gerard's story

Published
30 October 2020
Categories
University

Care leavers may need extra support when accessing university and during their time studying. Leeds offers a wide range of help, from bursaries to bedding.

An illustration in the style of an x-ray showing brain inflammation

Effective stroke drugs are saving the NHS millions

Published
29 October 2020
Categories
Science

Drugs prescribed to high-risk stroke patients are costing the NHS hundreds of millions each year – but they are so effective, the service is actually saving money.

The image shows an elecron micrscope image of green coloured nanotubes in a mesothelioma cell

Tiny golden bullets could help tackle asbestos-related cancers

Published
27 October 2020
Categories
Technology | News | Science

Gold nanotubes – tiny hollow cylinders one thousandth the width of a human hair – could be used to treat mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos fibres, say researchers.

Empty classroom chairs placed on individual desks.

Learning lessons from lockdown school closures

Published
22 October 2020
Categories
Health | Coronavirus | Society & Politics

Schools are being urged to support a study to help determine the effect of the national lockdown on children’s learning.

A tree ripped in half by a tornado with the upper part laying on the ground.

Predicting tornadoes on UK cold fronts for the first time

Published
21 October 2020
Categories
Science | Environment

Weather forecasters can more accurately predict when a tornado is likely to hit the UK thanks to a new tool devised in a partnership between the University of Leeds and the Met Office.

A medic using a syringe to administer a vaccine into a patient's upper arm.

COVID-19 vaccine trial begins in Leeds

Published
14 October 2020
Categories
Coronavirus | Science | Health

Hundreds of volunteers from the region are taking part in a study to test the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine.

A football inside a goal net.

Faster footballs result in harder headers

Published
13 October 2020
Categories
Health | Science

Scientists have discovered the severity of the impact on a player’s head while heading a football is influenced much more by the speed of the ball than its mass and stiffness.

A map that shows that shows the hotter and cooler zones on the magnetar. The cooler zones are blue and the hotter zones are yellow

Modelling temperature variation on distant stars

Published
12 October 2020
Categories
Technology | Science

New research is helping to explain one of the big questions that has perplexed astrophysicists for the past 30 years - what causes the changing brightness of distant stars called magnetars.