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Tom Milner is sat at a desk in Helix on the University of Leeds campus making one of his bracketless plant pot holders.

Sparking life into seedling ideas

Published
Monday 13th January, 2025
Categories
Business & Economy

A young entrepreneur who pioneered bracketless plant pot holders for tenants has urged students to pursue their business dream.

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Using AI to identify hidden heart condition

Published
Monday 6th January, 2025
Categories
News
Health
Research

Nearly 2,000 people have taken part in a groundbreaking trial that aims to help doctors identify more people at risk of developing a condition that makes them five times more likely to have a stroke.

Naga Munchetty, wearing a grey dress, smiles at the camera in front of a beige background

Naga Munchetty to deliver 2024-25 Alice Bacon Lecture

Published
Monday 6th January, 2025
Categories
University

Celebrated broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty will speak about gendered inequalities in healthcare, medical misogyny, and her fight to have her health taken seriously.

A person being injected in the upper arm by a clinician

Speeding up new vaccine development

Published
Thursday 19th December, 2024
Categories
Health
Research

A device which could help reduce new vaccine production time to less than 100 days has been granted development funding. 

A care worker laughing with an elderly patient

Leeds universities join forces on adult social care research

Published
Wednesday 18th December, 2024
Categories
Health
Research

Adult social care experts at the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University have been selected to join a centre of excellence for research and best practice in the sector.

An person holding their sides with a red glowing light signifying pain in their back

Offering hope for people facing chronic pain

Published
Tuesday 17th December, 2024
Categories
Health
Science
Research

A major breakthrough in our understanding of pain has been revealed in a collaborative study, opening the door to new ways of tackling long term pain without harmful and addictive opioids.

Two people signing a letter of intent with a group of people stood around the table watching them.

Research collaboration across the North Sea

Published
Monday 16th December, 2024
Categories
Global

The University of Leeds is collaborating with universities in Norway to drive research across culture, energy and health.