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University of Leeds student wins national media award

Published
Thursday 8th November, 2012
Categories
University

A former University of Leeds student has been recognised as one of the best breakthrough talents at the Guardian Student Media Awards, winning Student Broadcast Journalist of the Year

Breast cancer drug could halt other tumours

Published
Wednesday 7th November, 2012
Categories
Health

A drug commonly used in treating breast cancer could have far wider benefits, offering a new way of preventing cancers spreading through the body, according to a University of Leeds-led study.

Alt-J win Mercury prize

Published
Friday 2nd November, 2012
Categories
University
University

A group of students who met five years ago at the University of Leeds have won the Mercury Prize for the best album of the year.

Jonathon Porritt joins campus panel discussion

Published
Friday 2nd November, 2012
Categories
Environment

Low carbon technologies such as solar power could support almost the entire global economy by 2050, environmentalist Jonathon Porritt told an alumni audience at the University of Leeds last night.

Collaboration with Yale and NSPCC to help first time mums

Published
Wednesday 31st October, 2012
Categories
Society & Politics

The University of Leeds welcomed experts from Yale this week as part of an international collaboration between Yale University, the University of Leeds and the NSPCC.

Opening of new terahertz lab

Published
Tuesday 30th October, 2012
Categories
Technology
Science
Working with business

The University of Leeds in collaboration with Agilent Technologies Inc. recently opened a new terahertz measurement research lab in the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

Report highlights eco-friendly brick research

Published
Thursday 25th October, 2012
Categories
Environment
Technology

A technique developed at the University of Leeds that makes carbon-negative bricks from waste materials is featured in a new report on the social and economic benefits of academic research.

World's first citizen science project to speed up cancer research

Published
Thursday 25th October, 2012
Categories
Science
Health

University of Leeds and University of Cambridge researchers have launched an interactive website with Cancer Research UK, allowing the public to help speed up lifesaving research by accessing data.

Tropical collapse caused by lethal heat

Published
Friday 19th October, 2012
Categories
Environment

Scientists have discovered why the 'broken world' following the worst extinction of all time lasted so long - it was simply too hot to survive.