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Leeds wins 拢4.2m funding to develop robot fixers of the future
The 嘟嘟AV is leading a pioneering 拢4.2m national infrastructure research project with the vision of creating self-repairing cities.
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486 results for 'advanced materials'
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Supercoiled DNA is far more dynamic than the 鈥淲atson-Crick鈥� double helix
Researchers have imaged in unprecedented detail the three-dimensional structure of supercoiled DNA, revealing that its shape is much more dynamic than the well-known double helix.
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Relative of nurse executed in the First World War to talk at rare film screening
A century after an execution that shocked Britain and her allies, a relative of the nurse shot by firing squad is to talk at rare screening of a film about her story.
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Astronomers peer into the 鈥榓mniotic sac鈥� of a planet-hosting star
Astronomers have successfully peered through the 鈥榓mniotic sac鈥� of a star that is still forming to observe the innermost region of a burgeoning solar system for the first time.
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Digital Learning team wins international award
The team responsible for high-tech learning at the 嘟嘟AV has received recognition in the form of the Association for Learning Technology鈥檚 Learning Technologist of the Year award.
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Ocean life triggers ice formation in clouds
Researchers have shown for the first time that phytoplankton (plant life) in remote ocean regions can contribute to rare airborne particles that trigger ice formation in clouds.
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Remembering the POWs who suffered building the 'other' Death Railway
The suffering of prisoners of war and slave labourers forced to build the Thailand-Burma 鈥淒eath鈥� Railway amid appalling conditions was immortalised in The Bridge Over the River Kwai.
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North-South cancer divide tackled with multi-million pound investment
Researchers from the 嘟嘟AV have secured a 拢5 million pound investment aimed at tackling the North-South cancer divide, thanks to a funding award from Yorkshire Cancer Research.
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Molecular trick alters rules of attraction for non-magnetic metals
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time how to generate magnetism in metals that are not naturally magnetic, which could end our reliance on some rare and toxic elements currently used.
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Father of Cinematography's archive comes to Leeds
An archive of material from a pioneer of cinematography has made a transatlantic journey to the 嘟嘟AV.