Be Curious News

Engineers, environment

Call for engineers to act on climate change

Published
Tuesday 14th March, 2017
Categories
Environment

Discussion around limiting climate change primarily focusses on whether the best results can be gained by individuals changing how they act, or governments introducing new legislation.

Rice paddies

Photo exhibition with an eye on Asia

Published
Monday 13th March, 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture

A lens-eye view of Asia is presented at an exhibition of photography launched today at the University of Leeds.

Cancer cells

Male breast cancer discovery 'could improve treatment'

Published
Wednesday 8th March, 2017
Categories
Health

Two key proteins involved in male breast cancer have been identified by University of Leeds scientists, potentially paving the way for more effective treatments.

Ensonglopedia, John Hinton

Celebrating science with songs and surgery

Published
Monday 6th March, 2017
Categories
Science

Leeds Festival of Science is back, offering a range of events from songs about science to a chance to have a go at keyhole surgery.

Curator Richard Davies pictured in exhibition

Revolutionary Russia revealed in Leeds

Published
Thursday 2nd March, 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture

A new exhibition reveals the dramatic events of the Russian Revolution from a fresh, British, perspective.

Doctor

Research will help GPs detect cancer

Published
Thursday 2nd March, 2017
Categories
Health

Researchers at the University of Leeds are to receive a share of £5m in funding from Cancer Research UK to improve early cancer detection in GP surgeries.

Image credit: Carolina Levis

How ancient peoples shaped the Amazon rainforest

Published
Thursday 2nd March, 2017
Categories
Environment

New research reveals that 85 tree species domesticated by pre-Colombian peoples remain common in forests close to ancient settlements.

Haematite tubes from the NSB hydrothermal vent deposits that represent the oldest microfossils and evidence for life on Earth. The remains are at least 3,770 million years old. 
Photo by Matthew Dodd

World’s oldest fossils unearthed

Published
Wednesday 1st March, 2017
Categories
Environment

Remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million years old have been discovered – providing direct evidence of one of the oldest life forms on Earth.