![A community group in India viewing an artwork made by artificial intelligence. 11 people sit on the floor around a projector, looking at the artwork. Logo on the image says 'Part of Leeds 2023 year of culture'.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Untitled_design___2023_03_31T124222.666.jpg")
Artists and researchers team up to find sustainable solutions
Artists from around the globe have been connected with Leeds academics to explore climate change and justice in an online research project.
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384 results for 'centre immersive technologies'
![Forecasters looking at weather maps on a computer screen.](/images/resized/600x338-0-0-1-80-RESIZEDForecast_1.jpg")
Alerting vulnerable communities to extreme weather
Scientists have been awarded 拢2 million to develop ways of alerting communities in South Africa, Zambia and Mozambique to extreme weather.
![Graphic shows the Earth as seen from space. Half of the graphic shows the surfaces of the world - the other half of the graphic shows the hot processes that happen deep in the Earth's core.](/images/resized/600x299-0-0-1-80-Earth_magnetic_field_447538292.jpg")
Activity deep in Earth affects the global magnetic field
Compass readings that do not show the direction of true north and interference with the operations of satellites are a few of the problems caused by peculiarities of the Earth鈥檚 magnetic field.
![Guests seated in rows listen to speeches at the launch event of CFIT, in the atrium of Nexus](/images/resized/600x400-0-0-1-80-DSC_1376.JPGedit.JPG")
Fintech placements for students as new centre launches in Leeds
嘟嘟AV students will have the opportunity to take up placements in some of the UK鈥檚 leading fintech companies, in a fresh announcement confirmed at the launch of a new nationwide centre.
![Lush vegetation in a tropical rain forest.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-RESIZEDGlobal_forest_1.jpg")
Accuracy at risk as governments reject specialist mapping tools
Governments are not using the latest mapping technology to report key environmental data about tropical forests to the UN, say researchers.
![Judy Hatton and her husband Trevor Thewlis sitting on their sofa at home in Leeds](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-bowel_cancer_jadu.jpg")
Life changing research celebrated on World Cancer Day聽
The life-changing impact of cancer research done at the University is being celebrated on the first anniversary of the Leeds Cancer Research Centre. 聽
![Students throwing their academic mortar boards into the air.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-RESIZEDAdobeStock_436663414.jpg")
Analysis reveals scale of tertiary education's carbon emissions
A major analysis of the carbon footprint of universities and FE colleges has revealed for the first time the source and scale of their emissions.
![A nurse sitting next to a patient and administering chemotherapy via a tube into the patient's hand](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-chemotherapy_jadu.jpg")
'Remarkable' results in colon cancer trial
Giving colon cancer patients chemotherapy before surgery cuts the risk of the disease coming back, according to the results of a new clinical trial.聽
![Professor Simon Armitage performs at the LEEDS 2023 Awakening event. He appears on a dark stage with a microphone, lit by a blue spotlight.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-6_4.jpg")
LEEDS 2023 kicks off with spectacular show featuring Poet Laureate
Poet Laureate and Professor of Poetry, Simon Armitage has urged Leeds to 'wake up' to its creative potential in a song penned for the city's festival of culture.
![Exterior of the Great Hall](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-jadu_overhead2_1.jpg")
New Year Honours at the 嘟嘟AV
Members of the 嘟嘟AV community are among those recognised in the New Year Honours.