1971 results for 'research'
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- 25 January 2019
- Categories
- Global | Environment
Researchers from Leeds are key partners in two pioneering international collaborations tackling water security and urban disaster risk management.
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- 23 January 2019
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- Research | Technology | Research and innovation
A new centre for research into the analysis and development of advanced materials has launched at the University of Leeds.
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- 23 January 2019
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- Global | Health
Leeds researchers have been awarded nearly £2.5 million to investigate how billions of microorganisms living in our bodies, called the microbiome, could be manipulated to treat bowel cancer.
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- 22 January 2019
- Categories
- Science | Environment
There is no evidence that Japanese knotweed causes more significant structural damage to buildings than many other plants, a Parliamentary committee will hear today.
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- 22 January 2019
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- Business & Economy | Arts & Culture
A new exhibition taking visitors on a journey through the history of antique dealing, curated by a Leeds academic, opens this week at The Bowes Museum, County Durham.
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- 21 January 2019
- Categories
- University
Students at the University of Leeds are in the UK’s top ten most targeted by leading employers.
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- 16 January 2019
- Categories
- Technology | Environment
Government is missing a ‘huge opportunity’ to reduce the UK's carbon footprint by focusing spending on wind farms instead of materials recycling, according to a leading natural resources researcher.
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- 15 January 2019
- Categories
- Global | Environment
Research suggests there would be a 64% chance of limiting the increase in global average temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, if fossil fuel infrastructure was phased out immediately.
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- 14 January 2019
- Categories
- Science | Environment
Given the pressures that pollinators face on agricultural land, cities could play an important role in conserving pollinators, according to a new study.
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- 10 January 2019
- Categories
- Global | Environment
Three decades of exploring Antarctica has convinced Stuart Egginton that there is nothing better than first-hand evidence to prove the effect global warming is having on our planet.
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- 10 January 2019
- Categories
- University | Society & Politics
The country’s most senior judge will today give a public lecture honouring the achievements of a pioneering Yorkshire MP.
- Published
- 1 January 2019
- Categories
- University
Important scientific contributions in the field of meteorology have resulted in a University-based academic being recognised in The Queen’s New Year Honours.
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- 1 January 2019
- Categories
- Society & Politics
People taking part in Dry January report immediate physical, psychological and emotional benefits, according to the first qualitative study of the popular alcohol abstinence challenge.
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- 18 December 2018
- Categories
- Society & Politics
Offenders sentenced to prison who have Muslim names do not appear to be receiving unfairly long sentences, according to a new study of more than 8,000 UK Crown Court sentencing decisions.
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- 17 December 2018
- Categories
- Working with business
Nexus has joined forces with one of the world’s leading professional services firms, KPMG.