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Professor Helen Gleeson and Devesh Mistry working together in a laboratory

£2m investment boost for professor's 'wonder material'

Published
Wednesday 5th April, 2023
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
Science

A cutting edge “deeptech” company born when a Leeds academic discovered a revolutionary new material that gets thicker as it is stretched has attracted £2 million in investment.

A student wearing a virtual reality headset, interacting with Stacey the virtual patient, who is sitting on a chair with her baby next to her in a baby carrier

Virtual patient teaches real-life mental health skills

Published
Monday 3rd April, 2023
Categories
Technology
Health

Extended-reality assisted clinical training in perinatal mental health has been launched by Health Education England in collaboration with the University of Leeds.

Illustration of a deepfake being made - a woman's face is shown being swapped with another face.

Deepfakes: has the camera always lied?

Published
Friday 31st March, 2023
Categories
Arts & Culture
Technology
Society & Politics
Research

Fake footage is a centuries-old problem that began long before digital technology, according to a Leeds academic.

Kimberly Campanello performs poetry to an audience with a red backdrop (left) and looks at the camera for a portrait shot (right).

Poet speaks out about young onset Parkinson’s

Published
Friday 31st March, 2023
Categories
Health
Arts & Culture

A moving poem about living with young onset Parkinson's has been penned by an academic at the University of Leeds to mark World Parkinson’s Day.

A machine with eight syringes containing coloured fluid which is being piped into testing trays

Preventing cancer relapse with a genetic test

Published
Thursday 23rd March, 2023
Categories
Science
Health

Scientists have found a new way to predict which myeloma patients will benefit the most from a treatment often used to help keep the blood cancer from coming back after a stem cell transplant.

Forecasters looking at weather maps on a computer screen.

Alerting vulnerable communities to extreme weather

Published
Thursday 23rd March, 2023
Categories
Technology
Environment
Science

Scientists have been awarded £2 million to develop ways of alerting communities in South Africa, Zambia and Mozambique to extreme weather.

female student studying online sat in front of a laptop

University of Leeds launches fully-online MSc

Published
Wednesday 22nd March, 2023
Categories
Science
University

Students around the globe will be able to experience world-class expertise from the University of Leeds - as it launches a new fully-online course.