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Over 40 percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves are smaller

Published
13 October 2023
Categories
Global
Science
Environment
Research

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.

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Art, music and performances shine on campus for Light Night

Published
4 October 2023
Categories
Working with our region
Arts & Culture
Research

Visitors can experience the magic of the UK’s largest annual arts and lights festival, Light Night, on the University of Leeds campus on 12 and 13 October.

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Leeds defibrillator research used in parliamentary Bill

Published
20 September 2023
Categories
Society & Politics
Research
Health
Research and innovation

Research co-authored by a University of Leeds academic into the inequalities in access to life saving community defibrillators was used in parliament during the first reading of a Bill. 

Prof Paul Monks, Chief Scientific Advisor to Department for Energy Security and Net Zero with representatives of University of Leeds

Chief Scientific Adviser visits to discuss Net Zero

Published
11 September 2023
Categories
Science
Research

The Chief Scientific Adviser for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has visited the University of Leeds to meet researchers at the forefront of tackling climate change.

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Half as many AF patients dying of heart attacks and strokes

Published
25 August 2023
Categories
Health
Science
Research

Patients living with one of the UK’s most common heart rhythm conditions are 50% less likely to die from a heart attack or stroke than they were at the start of the millennium, new research has found.

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What worms can tell us about brains and behaviour

Published
23 August 2023
Categories
Science
Research

The University of Leeds has collaborated with a leading American institution on research that helps to crack the code that relates brain and behaviour.

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Raising awareness of Long Covid blue legs symptom

Published
16 August 2023
Categories
Health
Coronavirus
Science
Research

An unusual case of a Long Covid patient’s legs turning blue after 10 minutes of standing highlights the need for greater awareness of this symptom among people with the condition, new research shows.

Penguin and a seal on ice shelf the ocean is behind them with large ice glaciers in the distance and setting sun turning the glaciers a pink colour

‘Don’t overlook the plight of Antarctica’ say scientists

Published
8 August 2023
Categories
Science
Global
Environment
Research

With world attention on recent wildfires and floods in North America, Europe and China, people should not overlook the devastating impact of climate change in Antarctica, scientists have warned.