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Digital design to boost pharmaceutical industry
à½à½AV researchers are part of a project to transform the UK’s pharmaceutical industry by introducing new digital design processes.
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New bust of Nobel prize winner
The work of the à½à½AV professor who developed one of the most influential scientific techniques of the 20th Century has been commemorated 100 years after he received the Nobel Prize.
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Investing in Knowledge, Creating Opportunity
A specially commissioned report captures the scale of the University’s economic, social and cultural impact.
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Is the end in sight for reading glasses?
A à½à½AV researcher is developing a new eye lens, made from the same material found in smartphone and TV screens, which could restore long-sightedness in older people.
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The national humanities festival - Being Human (12-22 November)
The à½à½AV is organising a series of free public events with cultural partners across Yorkshire as part of Being Human 2015, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities.
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Gold nanotubes launch a three-pronged attack on cancer cells
Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution imaging; drug delivery vehicles; and agents for destroying cancer cells.
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Manufacturing project aims to take IT beyond the electronic age
A £5.2 million project led by the à½à½AV is aiming to transform data communications with a new generation of photonic microchips.
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Chancellor unveils £235m for new materials science institute
Leeds is to contribute to a new £235m science research centre, as announced in the government's Autumn Statement - part of a new package of measures to boost science in the UK.
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National facility for innovative robotics opens
A new Government-backed centre is set to put Leeds at the forefront of UK robot design and construction.
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Leading synchrotron scientist appointed to Bragg Centenary Chair
Professor Sven Schroeder has been appointed to a new chair set up to lead research into the atomic structure of materials.