Leeds research inspires glacier names to mark COP26
A glacier in West Antarctica has been formally named after the city of Glasgow to mark its hosting of the COP26 climate change conference.
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Developing unbreakable screens
Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research by a global team of scientists.
100 years on, the scientists still shaping science
An exhibition about a father and son team who made one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20th century opens today at the University.
Reduced protection of some sunscreens
Some sunscreens offer very limited protection against dangerous sunrays during use and may even be harmful.
Climate predictions build resilience in African tea plantations
Researchers in the UK and Africa have teamed up to help tea producers better understand future climate risks in a bid to reduce crop damage.
A physicist who revolutionised modern science
Light Night Leeds 2021 marks the start of a season of events to honour the work and achievements of physicist Sir William Henry Bragg.
Making self-driving cars human-friendly
Automated vehicles could be made more pedestrian-friendly thanks to new research which could help predict when people will cross the road.
'Think twice' to reduce risk of UK opioid epidemic
A campaign that urged GPs to ‘think-twice’ before putting a patient on opioid medicines is effective in reducing opioid prescribing in primary care, according to the findings of a major study.
People with overweight or obesity 'facing discrimination from healthcare workers'
People living with overweight or obesity are experiencing stigma and discrimination from healthcare workers as well as uniformly worse healthcare than the general population, researchers say.
Planned breaks in cancer treatment benefit patients and the NHS
Planned breaks from drug treatments for kidney cancer do not have a meaningful detrimental effect on patients’ life expectancy or quality of life, say doctors.