Published 13 August 2021 Categories Coronavirus | Science Playing professional football games in empty stadiums had a hugely negative effect on the success of home teams, with home advantage almost halved, new research shows.Â
Published 11 August 2021 Categories Global | Environment A mobile phone app – launched today by an international team of scientists – will support farmers across Africa to adopt environmentally friendly ways of protecting their crops from pests.
Published 9 August 2021 Categories Global | Environment Changes in the Earth's climate caused by human activity are being observed in every region and across the whole climate system, according to a major international report released today.Â
Published 9 August 2021 Categories University | Business and partnerships The University has welcomed a group of talented young people with dreams of changing the world onto a prestigious skills and entrepreneurial programme.
Published 9 August 2021 Categories Global | Technology | Environment Attitudes to earthen homes need to change to prevent millions of them being replaced by buildings made from more environmentally-damaging materials, scientists warn. 
Published 9 August 2021 Categories Technology | Working with business | Science A new synthetic material that accelerates the removal of harmful nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide from engine fumes is to be tested in a prototype catalytic converter.
Published 5 August 2021 Categories University Academics at the University have been recognised with a National Teaching Fellowship and Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence.Â
Published 5 August 2021 Categories Global | Business & Economy | Environment Research into global climate models by leading international academics shows that current economic policies are in danger of leading nations away from emission and global warming targets.
Published 3 August 2021 Categories University | Arts & Culture A Leeds student has won a national competition to design the emblem for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Published 3 August 2021 Categories Health A major UK trial of cannabis-based drug Sativex in treating the most aggressive form of brain tumour is to launch at 15 NHS hospitals, following promising results from a phase I study in 27 patients.
Published 2 August 2021 Categories Alumni Claire Cashmore MBE (Linguistics and Phonetics, 2011; Hon LLD, 2013) goes into her fifth Paralympic Games facing a whole new challenge.
Published 26 July 2021 Categories Health | Science Scientists at Leeds and Cambridge have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and say their discovery could lead to the development of treatments to prevent memory loss in people.
Published 23 July 2021 Categories Arts & Culture | News Three Leeds academics have been elected to British Academy Fellowships, and Simon Armitage - Poet Laureate and Professor of Poetry - has been elected an Honorary Fellow.
Published 22 July 2021 Categories Health | Environment A West Yorkshire city’s ambitious plans to tackle the effects of climate change are being supported by three Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ students.
Published 22 July 2021 Categories Health Eight new fellowships designed to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in science have been awarded at Leeds, thanks to an historical endowment established alongside the British Heart Foundation.