Published 6 July 2020 Categories Science | Environment A major study has conducted the first global assessment of palm tree numbers to better understand tropical forest diversity and reduce uncertainty about carbon balance in these ecosystems.
Published 6 July 2020 Categories Arts & Culture | Coronavirus The à½à½AV Medieval Congress (IMC) – the biggest academic event of its kind in Europe – starts today. And for the first time it will be entirely online.
Published 6 July 2020 Categories Environment | Science A new study reveals that changes in the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field may take place 10 times faster than previously thought.
Published 1 July 2020 Categories Technology | Science | Health | University A major new interdisciplinary research centre has been launched with the aim of putting Leeds at the forefront of global efforts to tackle cancer.
Published 30 June 2020 Categories Science | Health Drugs developed to treat Alzheimer’s Disease could be repurposed to prevent - or even reverse - damage done to the blood vessels of people who are obese or have type 2 diabetes, according to research.
Published 29 June 2020 Categories Global | Science | Environment Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study.
Published 27 June 2020 Categories Science The UK’s ability to predict solar superstorms and other severe space weather events is to get a significant boost with the launch of a major research project involving Leeds expertise.
Published 26 June 2020 Categories Coronavirus | Science Scientists from the à½à½AV are to study live virus excretion in faeces to understand more about the spread of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus responsible for the pandemic.
Published 25 June 2020 Categories Science | Environment A new study demonstrates for the first time that dolphins can learn foraging techniques outside the mother-calf bond – showing that they have a similar cultural nature to great apes.
Published 24 June 2020 Categories Global | Coronavirus | Science | Health A persistent cough and fever have been confirmed as the most prevalent symptoms associated with COVID-19, according to a major review of the scientific literature.
Published 24 June 2020 Categories Science | Arts & Culture The poet, writer and visual artist Redell Olsen is the winner of the £15,000 DARE Art Prize 2020-21.
Published 23 June 2020 Categories Coronavirus | Science | Health Figures just published reveal the number of children in the UK who were in paediatric intensive care units with COVID-19.
Published 19 June 2020 Categories Global | Business & Economy | Environment Technology is not the silver bullet for mitigating and solving the many global environmental issues the world is facing, scientists warn.
Published 12 June 2020 Categories Science | Health Two standard aspirin tablets taken every day for two years can reduce the risk of inherited bowel cancer for at least a decade, research has revealed. 
Published 10 June 2020 Categories University The University has moved up two places in the latest QS World University Rankings, consolidating its place in the top 100.