1720 results for 'press statements'
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- 10 July 2020
- Categories
- Environment | Society & Politics | Science | Global
The University is to be part of a new Africa-UK research collaboration, to identify ways the continent can produce enough food to feed its growing population.
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- 8 July 2020
- Categories
- Global | Environment | Science
A major new study shows adding rock dust to farmland could remove the carbon dioxide equivalent of more than the current total emissions from global aviation and shipping combined.
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- 6 July 2020
- Categories
- Science | Environment
A major study has conducted the first global assessment of palm tree numbers to better understand tropical forest diversity and reduce uncertainty about carbon balance in these ecosystems.
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- 6 July 2020
- Categories
- Arts & Culture | Coronavirus
The Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Medieval Congress (IMC) – the biggest academic event of its kind in Europe – starts today. And for the first time it will be entirely online.
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- 6 July 2020
- Categories
- Environment | Science
A new study reveals that changes in the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field may take place 10 times faster than previously thought.
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- 1 July 2020
- Categories
- Technology | Science | Health | University
A major new interdisciplinary research centre has been launched with the aim of putting Leeds at the forefront of global efforts to tackle cancer.
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- 30 June 2020
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- Science | Health
Drugs developed to treat Alzheimer’s Disease could be repurposed to prevent - or even reverse - damage done to the blood vessels of people who are obese or have type 2 diabetes, according to research.
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- 29 June 2020
- Categories
- Global | Science | Environment
Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study.
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- 26 June 2020
- Categories
- Coronavirus | Science
Scientists from the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ are to study live virus excretion in faeces to understand more about the spread of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus responsible for the pandemic.
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- 25 June 2020
- Categories
- Science | Environment
A new study demonstrates for the first time that dolphins can learn foraging techniques outside the mother-calf bond – showing that they have a similar cultural nature to great apes.
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- 24 June 2020
- Categories
- Global | Coronavirus | Science | Health
A persistent cough and fever have been confirmed as the most prevalent symptoms associated with COVID-19, according to a major review of the scientific literature.
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- 24 June 2020
- Categories
- Science | Arts & Culture
The poet, writer and visual artist Redell Olsen is the winner of the £15,000 DARE Art Prize 2020-21.
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- 23 June 2020
- Categories
- Coronavirus | Science | Health
Figures just published reveal the number of children in the UK who were in paediatric intensive care units with COVID-19.
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- 19 June 2020
- Categories
- Global | Business & Economy | Environment
Technology is not the silver bullet for mitigating and solving the many global environmental issues the world is facing, scientists warn.
- Published
- 9 June 2020
- Categories
- Coronavirus | News | Society & Politics
The impact of Covid-19 on crime in England will be interrogated by Leeds academics, thanks to a £666,000 grant.