News

Leeds business prepares for global expansion

Published
Monday 30th October, 2023
Categories
Business & Economy

An entrepreneurial couple who invented a life-saving road safety device are preparing for global expansion following support from the University of Leeds' Help to Grow Scheme.

Simon and Sarah Scaife stand behind an AirBar fitted to a transporter vehicle.

Window to avoid 1.5°C of warming rapidly closing

Published
Monday 30th October, 2023
Categories
Global
Science
Environment

Humanity is rapidly reaching the limit for how much additional carbon can be emitted into the atmosphere to keep global warming within 1.5 °C, according to a new research.

A building with seven smoking chimneys

The power of horror

Published
Wednesday 25th October, 2023
Categories
Alumni

Award-winning horror writer Tananarive Due knows how to scare. She explains what attracts us to the genre, how she creates horror, and how her time at Leeds played a key role in her success.

Tananarive Due (MA English Literature 1988) has been a leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years

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. 

A person's torso with their right hand covering their stomach, and their left hand on their hip

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.