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Student Gerard Murphy looking down a microscope

Published
30 October 2020
Categories
University

Care leavers may need extra support when accessing university and during their time studying. Leeds offers a wide range of help, from bursaries to bedding.

An illustration in the style of an x-ray showing brain inflammation

Published
29 October 2020
Categories
Science

Drugs prescribed to high-risk stroke patients are costing the NHS hundreds of millions each year 鈥� but they are so effective, the service is actually saving money.

3D optical image showing a bumpy surface with colours indicating fluctuations in the surface

Published
27 October 2020
Categories
Technology | Science

Scientists have created synthetic soft surfaces with tongue-like textures for the first time using 3D printing.

The image shows an elecron micrscope image of green coloured nanotubes in a mesothelioma cell

Published
27 October 2020
Categories
Technology | News | Science

Gold nanotubes 鈥� tiny hollow cylinders one thousandth the width of a human hair 鈥� could be used to treat mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos fibres, say researchers.

Empty classroom chairs placed on individual desks.

Published
22 October 2020
Categories
Health | Coronavirus | Society & Politics

Schools are being urged to support a study to help determine the effect of the national lockdown on children鈥檚 learning.

Professor Nick Plant

Published
22 October 2020
Categories
University

The University has appointed Professor Nick Plant as its new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation.

The image shows a commuter train rapidly moving through a station

Published
21 October 2020
Categories
Science | Health | Coronavirus

A major scientific study has been launched to understand the risks of COVID-19 transmission on buses and trains - and to identify the best measures to control it.

A tree ripped in half by a tornado with the upper part laying on the ground.

Published
21 October 2020
Categories
Science | Environment

Weather forecasters can more accurately predict when a tornado is likely to hit the UK thanks to a new tool devised in a partnership between the 映客直播 and the Met Office.

A sun hovering above the horizon of a desolate planet

Published
15 October 2020
Categories
Research and innovation

Two Leeds researchers have been accepted into a prestigious scheme to further their work in climate change and searching for habitable worlds in space.

A medic using a syringe to administer a vaccine into a patient's upper arm.

Published
14 October 2020
Categories
Coronavirus | Science | Health

Hundreds of volunteers from the region are taking part in a study to test the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine.

A football inside a goal net.

Published
13 October 2020
Categories
Health | Science

Scientists have discovered the severity of the impact on a player鈥檚 head while heading a football is influenced much more by the speed of the ball than its mass and stiffness.

A map that shows that shows the hotter and cooler zones on the magnetar. The cooler zones are blue and the hotter zones are yellow

Published
12 October 2020
Categories
Technology | Science

New research is helping to explain one of the big questions that has perplexed astrophysicists for the past 30 years - what causes the changing brightness of distant stars called magnetars.

The image shows the robotic arm that hoovers above the patients to navigate the capsule inside the patient.

Published
12 October 2020
Categories
Science | Technology | Health

Scientists have made a breakthrough in their work to develop semi-autonomous colonoscopy, using a robot to guide a medical device into the body.

The device worn on the wrist, similar to a wristwatch, that registers when wearers come into contact with each other.

Published
9 October 2020
Categories
Technology | Coronavirus

Wearable digital devices are to be trialled in care homes to establish whether the technology can help reduce covid-19 infections and prevent deaths.

The image shows the grand interior of the rotunda of the Brotherton Library. An art deco light fitting hands from the ceiling. Students are sat at wooden desks studying.

Published
9 October 2020
Categories
Science | Health | Coronavirus | University

Three leading academic researchers, two alumni and a former Pro-Chancellor at the 映客直播 have been recognised in the Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours.