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The picture shows a picture of the Leeds Venturi valve, a small plastic valve that increases oxygen flow and pressure

Low-cost ventilatory support for covid-19 patients

Published
24 April 2020
Categories
Health | Technology | Coronavirus

A research team at Leeds has developed a way of creating a ventilatory system for covid-19 patients that can be made rapidly on a 3D printer.

Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Credit to Tane Sinclair-Taylor.

Coral reefs struggling in a human dominated world

Published
17 April 2020
Categories
Science | Environment

A new study reveals that proper management of coral reefs can help achieve the multiple goals needed to sustain these ecosystems but management effectiveness is dependant on the reef’s location.

Members of Leeds Institute for Data Analytics

LIDA joins powerful new COVID-19 data alliance

Published
16 April 2020
Categories
Business & Economy | Coronavirus | Science

Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) is providing a powerful new COVID-19 data alliance with secure infrastructure, scientific expertise and access to global academic research networks.

The picture shows Dr Pete Culmer, left, and Dr David Brettle, standing by a sleep apnoea machine

Simple fix creates coronavirus breathing aids

Published
7 April 2020
Categories
Science | Coronavirus | Health

Engineers and scientists have developed a way to convert a sleep apnoea machine into a ventilator to treat people with covid-19.  

A student selecting food from a cafeteria selection

Analysing student eating habits

Published
6 April 2020
Categories
Science | Health

Scientists have for the first time used anonymous data from pre-payment food cards to get a unique insight into the eating habits of first year university students.

The image shows the cross section through a human body taken with a specialist radiotherapy machine.

Treating rectal cancer during the covid-19 epidemic

Published
6 April 2020
Categories
Science | Coronavirus | Health

Leading cancer experts have  recommended a one-week course of radiotherapy and delaying surgery as the best way to treat patients with rectal cancer during the covid-19 pandemic. 

Image shows a norovirus created from 13,000 separate electron microscope images. It shows bump-like protrusions on the surface of the protein shell around the virus.

Nature's lethal shape-shifter

Published
1 April 2020
Categories
Health | Science | Health | Science

Every picture tells a story… none more so than this detailed visualisation of a strain of the norovirus.