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Using the past to unravel the future for Arctic wetlands
A new study has used partially fossilised plants and single-celled organisms to investigate the effects of climate change on the Canadian High Arctic wetlands and help predict their future.
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461 results for 'advanced materials'
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University partners with CBI to unveil major new report
Advanced data analytics is opening up a "new frontier" for business research and development (R&D), according to a new report from Nexus and the Confederation of British Industry.
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Using virtual populations to create safer medical devices
The current innovation process for medical technologies risks stifling the development of new devices, a leading researcher has argued.
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Taking science out of the lab and into the pub
Tickets are on sale for the world鈥檚 largest festival of public science talks, which will see over 50 Leeds scientists take to the stage in pubs across the city.
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Unequal pain relief at home for dying patients
Pain relief and end of life care is not being provided equally to people with advanced progressive diseases at home during their final three months, according to a new study.
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Large-scale research plans for engineering and technology
Leeds City Council鈥檚 Plans Panel has given the green light to support the University鈥檚 application to develop a site that will host large-scale research and experimental facilities.
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Opening up pioneering Jewish historian鈥檚 treasured collection
Looked at from one side, it鈥檚 the leather sole of a child鈥檚 shoe, a scarce resource re-purposed during wartime.
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Swallows and Armenians 鈥� reappraising a children鈥檚 classic
John, Susan, Titty, Roger. The fictional Walker children are much-loved characters in Arthur Ransome鈥檚 Swallows and Amazons 鈥� a quintessentially English family in an archetypal children鈥檚 classic.
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Research spotlight
February roundup of some of the latest research and education stories from the University.
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Inadequate support for sexual dysfunction in prostate cancer patients
More than 4 in 5 men (81%) with prostate cancer struggle with poor sexual function following treatment for the disease, but over half (56%) fail to receive support, according to new research.