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A library's labour of love for the Bard's birthday
A priceless First Folio of Shakespeare's plays is now available online, following months of painstaking digitization work at the 嘟嘟AV.
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New technique could transform low-energy light detection
Researchers have discovered a way to use standard semiconductors to detect light over a much broader range of wavelengths.
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The first animals created a world hospitable to complex life forms
The first animals may have oxygenated the Earth's oceans - contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their development, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience.
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Leeds researchers build world's most powerful terahertz laser chip
嘟嘟AV researchers have taken the lead in the race to build the world's most powerful terahertz laser chip.
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Students to benefit from new lecture capture and multimedia investment
The 嘟嘟AV is investing over 拢2m to set up a state-of-the-art lecture capture and multimedia management system.
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嘟嘟AV receives new police grant
The N8 Policing Research Partnership, based at the 嘟嘟AV, has been awarded 拢50,000 by the College of Policing to further links between a consortium of academics and police forces.
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Researchers grapple with nuclear legacy
The 嘟嘟AV will lead a consortium of 10 universities in a national research programme looking at ways of dealing with Britain's nuclear waste.
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Starless cloud cores reveal why some stars are bigger than others
For the first time, astronomers have observed a massive starless cloud, providing the answer to a long held question: How do some stars grow to be behemoths when the vast majority are much smaller?
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University's campaign to Make a World of Difference
The 嘟嘟AV has announced a 拢60m fundraising campaign to create new student opportunities, push forward its research and support its vision of a place among world-leading universities.
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Nobel laureate marks Bragg centenary
Professor Dan Shechtman celebrated crystallography's profound impact on modern science in the Bragg Centenary Lecture 2013 - and explained how he overturned one of the discipline's key principles.