Leeds International Summer School News

Professor Lisa Roberts, Chris Skidmore and Sir Alan Langlands in Nexus, the University of Leeds' innovation hub, during the Minister's visit on Thursday 16 January 2020.

Sampling world-leading science

Published
Thursday 16th January, 2020
Categories
Working with business
University

Maths, artificial intelligence, robotics and fluid dynamics were on the agenda when Universities Minister Chris Skidmore visited the University.

Satellite photo of trade-wind cumulus clouds over Barbados

Clearing up cloudy climate predictions

Published
Thursday 16th January, 2020
Categories
Global
Environment

UK scientists are taking to the skies as part of a major international research campaign to better understand the behaviour of clouds and their role in climate change.

Washing is loaded into a machine at P&G's Newcastle Innovation Centre. Credit: P&G

Quicker and cooler is best for clothes

Published
Tuesday 14th January, 2020
Categories
Environment
Science

Groundbreaking research into the impact washing machines have on clothes and the environment shows that shorter, cooler washes help clothes look better for longer and release fewer microfibres.

The picture shows a group of children in a school canteen eating food from their lunch boxes.

Children’s packed lunches lack nutritional quality

Published
Tuesday 14th January, 2020
Categories
Health
Science

Fewer than two in every 100 packed lunches eaten by children in English primary schools meet nutritional standards, according to a major survey.

Cancer Research UK leaders and University of Leeds cancer scientists stand in a group of 25 looking up at camera

Cancer Research UK delegation visits Leeds

Published
Friday 10th January, 2020
Categories
University
Health

Senior leaders from Cancer Research UK visited the University today to find out how Leeds researchers are working together in the battle against the disease.

A combine harvester gathers wheat in a field.

Driving debate on UK agricultural trade policy

Published
Wednesday 8th January, 2020
Categories
Working with business
Business & Economy

Politicians and stakeholders from the farming sector will today hear from a leading Leeds professor on the future of trade regulation and how Brexit will impact future UK agricultural policy.

Child eating yogurt at dining room table

Sweet success – sugar levels drop in UK yogurts

Published
Wednesday 8th January, 2020
Categories
Health

A survey of yogurt ingredients show that sugar levels have significantly decreased in the last two years, but concerns about overall nutritional content remain.

Image is a graphical representation of how the solar system formed. It shows a planet surrounded by rings of gas and dust.

Deaf people at risk of being 'excluded from astronomy'

Published
Monday 23rd December, 2019
Categories
Society & Politics
Science

The deaf community risks being excluded from aspects of modern science because the number of new advances is outpacing the development of sign language to explain them, a leading researcher says.