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A person being injected in the upper arm by a clinician

Speeding up new vaccine development

Published
Thursday 19th December, 2024
Categories
Health
Research

A device which could help reduce new vaccine production time to less than 100 days has been granted development funding. 

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Leeds universities join forces on adult social care research

Published
Wednesday 18th December, 2024
Categories
Health
Research

Adult social care experts at the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University have been selected to join a centre of excellence for research and best practice in the sector.

An person holding their sides with a red glowing light signifying pain in their back

Offering hope for people facing chronic pain

Published
Tuesday 17th December, 2024
Categories
Health
Science
Research

A major breakthrough in our understanding of pain has been revealed in a collaborative study, opening the door to new ways of tackling long term pain without harmful and addictive opioids.

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Research collaboration across the North Sea

Published
Monday 16th December, 2024
Categories
Global

The University of Leeds is collaborating with universities in Norway to drive research across culture, energy and health.

82-year-old Colin uses the echome device with his mobility scooter in his garden

Sound-making tech inspires older people to move more

Published
Monday 16th December, 2024
Categories
Health
Arts & Culture
Research

Older people are moving more, in playful and surprising ways, after using wearable technology developed by the University of Leeds that senses movements to create sounds and music.

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Sherlock star awarded Honorary Degree

Published
Friday 13th December, 2024
Categories
University

Award-winning actor, writer and director Mark Gatiss has been honoured with a degree from the University of Leeds.

Sarah Lloyd in graduation gowns by the large metal gates of Cloth Workers' Court

Anti-knife crime campaigner graduates

Published
Friday 13th December, 2024
Categories
University

Anti-knife crime campaigner Sarah Lloyd has graduated with a Masters degree from the University of Leeds - a moment she says she could never have imagined a decade ago.

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Hippos 'vulnerable' as data gaps hinder conservation efforts

Published
Thursday 12th December, 2024
Categories
Science
Research

A new database of African hippo populations has revealed huge gaps in our knowledge of where the megaherbivores live and thrive, with populations fragmented and reliant on protected areas.