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‘Medieval Glastonbury’ to focus on climates: IMC 2021

Published
Thursday 25th February, 2021
Categories
Arts & Culture

The International Medieval Congress (IMC), one of the biggest academic conferences taking place online in the world this year, is to take climates as its theme.

A nematode worm under magnification. The image is courtesy of the Wellcome Trust Collection.

Mapping the brain of a nematode worm

Published
Wednesday 24th February, 2021
Categories
Global
Technology
Science

Researchers have mapped the physical organisation of the brain of a soil-living nematode worm, creating a new model for the architecture of the animal’s brain.

Professor Richard Hall from the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds, sitting in his lab, in front of a machine that physically tests artificial joints.

Engineering longer-lasting artificial joints

Published
Monday 22nd February, 2021
Categories
Working with business
Health
Be Curious

A £4 million research project will develop a new generation of artificial joints that last longer, produce fewer side effects and are better suited for younger people.

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Benefits system needs to be made simpler and fairer

Published
Monday 22nd February, 2021
Categories
Coronavirus
Business & Economy
Society & Politics

The benefits system needs to change in order to properly support claimants during and after COVID-19, a major national research project has concluded.

Computer generated image of a transmembrane protein

Pore-like proteins designed from scratch

Published
Thursday 18th February, 2021
Categories
Technology
Science

Scientists at Leeds are part of an international collaboration that has designed a protein that self-assembles into an artificial pore.