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Fossil records of the first animals to emerge.

Dynamic oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolution 

Published
Friday 14th October, 2022
Categories
Science
Environment

Oxygen levels in the Earth’s atmosphere are likely to have “fluctuated wildly” one billion years ago, creating conditions that could have accelerated the development of early animals, say researchers.

Two fried eggs on a plate

Explaining inconsistencies in nutritional research

Published
Thursday 13th October, 2022
Categories
Science

People often wonder why one nutritional study tells them that eating too many eggs, for instance, will lead to heart disease and another tells them the opposite.

The Parkinson Building lit up pink as part of Light Night

Lighting up campus: Light Night 2022

Published
Wednesday 12th October, 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture
Working with our region

The University of Leeds is hosting three spectacular art installations as part of Light Night 2022.

Two police officers, back to camera, walk down a crowded high street.

Vulnerability and policing research centre launches

Published
Wednesday 12th October, 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Society & Politics

A ground-breaking new research centre aims to change how the police, public services and local government work together to help vulnerable people.

Professor Cath Noakes

Leeds professor heads new HSE science group

Published
Tuesday 11th October, 2022
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
Technology
Science

A leading researcher who played an important role in Britain’s response to the pandemic has been appointed to chair a new science committee.

A couple sit on a sofa looking concerned as they read their bills.

Cost of living crisis highlights racial inequalities

Published
Tuesday 11th October, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics

Black and minority ethnic people are disproportionately falling faster and further below the poverty line amidst the cost of living crisis, according to a new report.

A young woman working as a barista makes coffee.

Rethinking young women's working lives

Published
Thursday 6th October, 2022
Categories
Business and partnerships
Society & Politics

New research will examine how women’s early experiences of employment shape long-term career paths and reinforce inequalities in the labour market.

A selection of healthy food, including chicken, fish and vegetables

Calculating the carbon cost of food

Published
Tuesday 4th October, 2022
Categories
Science
Environment

A calculator which could reduce the level of carbon emissions generated by food production and consumption has been developed by data scientists at the University of Leeds.

Blue X-ray style image of a human torso, with the heart highlighted in red.

Molecules could target cardio-metabolic diseases

Published
Friday 30th September, 2022
Categories
Health

Research over the past two decades has culminated in a “new and promising” approach to developing drugs to treat cardio-metabolic diseases.

Schools of fish in rays of sunlight

How fish survive extreme pressures of ocean life

Published
Wednesday 28th September, 2022
Categories
Environment
Science
Research

Scientists have discovered how a chemical in the cells of marine organisms enables them to survive the high pressures found in the deep oceans.