Business and partnerships News

Virtual slides reveal disease in 3D

Published
Monday 23rd April, 2012
Categories
Technology
Science
Health

Computing experts and medical researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a fast, easy-to-use way of studying tissue samples in 3D using 'virtual' microscope slides.

Scientists turn the spotlight on Leeds' bees

Published
Thursday 12th April, 2012
Categories
Science
Environment

A three year £1.3 million research project will examine how bees, hoverflies and other pollinating insects are affected by city life.

English class divide extends to cosmetic surgery

Published
Thursday 12th April, 2012
Categories
Society & Politics

The English class divide is still going strong when it comes to a choice of where to go abroad for breast implants and nose jobs.

How to plaster the world, cheaply

Published
Friday 6th April, 2012
Categories
Environment

Scientists have discovered the initial stages by which gypsum crystals form.

Making a mess can improve your gardening

Published
Thursday 5th April, 2012
Categories
Arts & Culture
Environment

A University garden at this year's Chelsea Flower Show highlights how messy gardens can boost pollination, manage water and increase carbon capture.

Volcano

Volcanic plumbing exposed

Published
Friday 30th March, 2012
Categories
Environment

Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions.