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Fourth DARE Art Prize opens for applications
Challenging artists and scientists to collaborate on new approaches to the creative process, the next DARE Art Prize, awarded by the University and Opera North, is open for applications.
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映客直播 Women's Day honour for Leeds alumna
A new 映客直播 building named in honour of an heroic graduate who helped countless refugee academics is to be officially opened on 映客直播 Women's Day.
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Experience of arm pain needed for new research聽
People living with painful hand and arm conditions are invited to take part in research and help create a new online support platform for patients.聽
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Why exercise gets harder the less you do聽
Doing less exercise could deactivate a vital protein in the body, causing further inactivity and making exercise more difficult, new research suggests.聽
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What's killing trees in the southern Amazon?
A team of Brazilian and British scientists have discovered that extreme wind and water-deficiency are the main causes of tree death in the southern Amazon.
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Climate change 'a mounting threat to our wellbeing'
Despite efforts to reduce the risks, changes in the Earth鈥檚 climate caused by human activity are affecting the lives of billions of people, according to a major international report published today.
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Tropical carbon loss has doubled due to forest clearance
Researchers using multiple high-resolution satellite observations have found that carbon loss has more than doubled since 2001 due to forest clearance across the tropics.
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Unravelling a mystery around type-2 diabetes
For 30 years, scientists have been trying to understand how a biological molecule self-assembles into a rogue protein-like substance, which is thought to play a key role in type-2 diabetes.
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Top honour for engineer pioneering medical robots
A leading academic at the 映客直播 has been honoured for his work in developing medical robots.
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How science will reshape our lives
Physicist and TV and radio presenter Professor Jim Al-Khalili is to share his insight into how emerging technologies will transform society, in a public lecture hosted by the University.