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Creating new diets to extend healthy old age

Published
Thursday 10th March, 2022
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Health

Older adults could benefit from the development of a new research network into new diets and foods that reflect their specific needs, thanks to new funding. 

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“Seafloor fertiliser factory” helped breathe life into Earth

Published
Thursday 10th March, 2022
Categories
Environment
Science
Research

Scientists reveal a new part of the recipe for complex life on planets, and it involves the onset of a microbial fertiliser factory on the Earth’s seafloor roughly 2.6 billion years ago.

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Changing the story

Published
Tuesday 8th March, 2022
Categories
Alumni

PR and Marketing Communications expert Annalise Coady has launched and transformed brands all around the world.

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Fourth DARE Art Prize opens for applications

Published
Tuesday 8th March, 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Arts & Culture

Challenging artists and scientists to collaborate on new approaches to the creative process, the next DARE Art Prize, awarded by the University and Opera North, is open for applications.

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International Women's Day honour for Leeds alumna

Published
Tuesday 8th March, 2022
Categories
Alumni
University

A new University of Leeds building named in honour of an heroic graduate who helped countless refugee academics is to be officially opened on International Women's Day.

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Former TV journalist delves into the past

Published
Friday 4th March, 2022
Categories
Alumni

When his home made the shortlist for the BBC’s A House Through Time, former ITV journalist Peter Cullimore was inspired to explore the untold stories of its former occupants for himself.

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Experience of arm pain needed for new research 

Published
Friday 4th March, 2022
Categories
Science

People living with painful hand and arm conditions are invited to take part in research and help create a new online support platform for patients. 

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International Medieval Congress returns to campus

Published
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture

The largest academic conference of its kind in Europe, the International Medieval Congress (IMC), returns to campus for 2022 with the theme ‘Borders’.

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Why exercise gets harder the less you do 

Published
Tuesday 1st March, 2022
Categories
Science
Health

Doing less exercise could deactivate a vital protein in the body, causing further inactivity and making exercise more difficult, new research suggests. 

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What's killing trees in the southern Amazon?

Published
Monday 28th February, 2022
Categories
University
Science
Environment
Research

A team of Brazilian and British scientists have discovered that extreme wind and water-deficiency are the main causes of tree death in the southern Amazon.