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Air quality inside buildings and on transport systems should be improved to reduce the impact of future pandemics or the spread of flu and other infectious diseases, say engineers and scientists.聽
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Recent intense heatwaves in India and widespread US droughts have highlighted the need for a global approach to tackling chronic water shortages.
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A key appointment has been announced within the senior leadership team at Leeds.
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The results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 identified that over 90% of 映客直播 research has an overall quality rating of 鈥渨orld leading鈥� or 鈥渋nternationally excellent鈥�.
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Researchers have found a concerning lack of robust data for non-white European women in previous studies examining the impact of diet on gestational diabetes.
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A global festival bringing people with a thirst for knowledge together with scientists at the frontiers of discovery is back in Leeds for 2022.
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Lockdown brought out the creative in us all. Millions of people discovered new hobbies, nurturing talents they never knew they had.
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New research shows that private protected areas help conserve underrepresented biomes and highly threatened regions.
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Without significant increases in the speed and ambition of climate action, limiting global warming to 1.5掳C will be beyond reach, according to a major international report published today.
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A ground-breaking project that aims to improve parks across the globe has been launched.