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The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport visited the University today to hear how researchers are being trained to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against cancer.
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A cutting-edge rail research centre being built by the 映客直播 has the potential to contribute billions of pounds to the UK economy, according to consultants GENECON.
![Professor Lisa Roberts, Chris Skidmore and Sir Alan Langlands in Nexus, the 映客直播' innovation hub, during the Minister's visit on Thursday 16 January 2020.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-WEBLUGDant160119_3157__41.jpg")
Maths, artificial intelligence, robotics and fluid dynamics were on the agenda when Universities Minister Chris Skidmore visited the University.
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Groundbreaking research into the impact washing machines have on clothes and the environment shows that shorter, cooler washes help clothes look better for longer and release fewer microfibres.
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Senior leaders from Cancer Research UK visited the University today to find out how Leeds researchers are working together in the battle against the disease.
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A new centre will enable 50 fully-funded PhD researchers to harness satellite data to tackle global environmental challenges.
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Research which has identified a way of making a safer and cheaper polio vaccine is to be scaled-up 鈥� to see if it could be used in commercial vaccine production.
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Precision nutrition and 24-hour monitoring will enable scientists to provide new insights for the pig industry, as the 映客直播 opens the National Pig Centre today.
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Leeds scientists and clinicians have been awarded a major cash boost from Cancer Research UK to pioneer new radiotherapy technologies that could help more people in Yorkshire survive cancer.
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Hospital screening tests are failing to identify the true extent of microbial resistance, according to new research.