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Phosphorus mining process

Tackling the phosphorus crisis

Published
Thursday 9th June, 2022
Categories
Environment
Science

Global mismanagement of phosphorus is threatening food security and polluting water, according to a new report into the use of the finite nutrient.

A mosquito on human skin.

Targeting mosquito spit to halt virus spread 

Published
Thursday 9th June, 2022
Categories
Global
Science
Health
Research

A molecule in mosquito saliva has been identified as a potential target for vaccination against a range of diseases for which there is no protection or medicine. 

Quintet from the Black Dyke Band

A high note for research and education

Published
Tuesday 7th June, 2022
Categories
Working with business
Technology
Science
University

A fanfare performed by the Black Dyke Band has marked the official opening of the Sir William Henry Bragg building, a hub for physical sciences and engineering teaching and research at the University.

A heart monitoring device at the end of a hospital bed

COVID-19's toll on global cardiac services

Published
Tuesday 31st May, 2022
Categories
Global
Coronavirus
Health
Research

A major study has revealed the global collateral damage caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biological Sciences building at the University of Leeds

Rogue proteins targeted by new technology

Published
Monday 30th May, 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Science
Health

Scientists plan to develop technology to isolate and extract fragments of a "rogue" protein linked to diabetes.

Edward Roberts holding a bar of Dairy Milk chocolate with his Platinum Jubilee design on the wrapper

Leeds student’s Jubilee emblem goes global

Published
Monday 30th May, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics
Working with business
Arts & Culture

It's emblazoned across London Buses and embellished on Krispy Kreme donuts; etched onto the Wimbledon Singles Final coin and stitched into socks.

close up of dry, deeply cracked river bed with hills on the horizon

Critical global water questions

Published
Friday 27th May, 2022
Categories
Global
Environment
Society & Politics
Research

Recent intense heatwaves in India and widespread US droughts have highlighted the need for a global approach to tackling chronic water shortages.