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Hamburg and Leeds sign University collaboration

Published
Monday 23rd October, 2023
Categories
Global

The University of Leeds has signed a strategic partnership with Universität Hamburg that commits to addressing some of the world's biggest challenges.

Professor Dr. Hauke Heekeren and Professor Simone Buitendijk sign a document while seated at a table

Amitriptyline helps relieve IBS symptoms

Published
Tuesday 17th October, 2023
Categories
Science
Health

A cheap and widely available prescription drug can improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in patients seen in GP surgeries, new research presented today at UEG Week 2023 has found. 

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Vaporised spacecraft linked to metals in atmosphere

Published
Tuesday 17th October, 2023
Categories
Science
News

A team of scientists investigating the stratosphere have found particles containing a variety of metals from satellites and spent rocket boosters, vaporised by the intense heat of re-entry.

View of blue sky and clouds from the cockpit of NASA’s research aircraft

Behind the scenes of social class on TV

Published
Friday 13th October, 2023
Categories
Working with business
Arts & Culture

A Leeds researcher has teamed up with the BBC, Channel 4 and Candour Productions to analyse the role of social class, on screen and behind the scenes of TV production.

A young person is pictured from the side as they edit footage in a TV production studio.

Over 40 percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves are smaller

Published
Friday 13th October, 2023
Categories
Global
Science
Environment

71 of the 162 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume over 25 years from 1997 to 2021, with a net release of 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater into the oceans, say scientists.

A penguin standing on icy slope with white valley and white mountains in the background.

Boosting Yorkshire MedTech industry

Published
Monday 9th October, 2023
Categories
Health

A major funding boost will help transform the thriving Medical Technology (MedTech) business community in Yorkshire.

A group of medical professionals sit around a table talking and looking at a laptop