News

‘Smart’ farms to transform how we produce food

Published
Thursday 28th June, 2018
Categories
Environment
Business and partnerships

The University is launching a new initiative to give farms and business a competitive advantage and increase their value.

Farm, tractor

Shaping an exciting new celebration of sculpture

Published
Thursday 28th June, 2018
Categories
Arts & Culture

The University is backing a major new initiative that will celebrate Yorkshire’s status as a leading destination for modern and contemporary sculpture.

Barbara Hepworth's Dual Form, on the University of Leeds Campus outside the School of Performance and Cultural Industries

‘Tipping the balance’ against domestic abuse

Published
Wednesday 27th June, 2018
Categories
Technology
Society & Politics

Police body-worn cameras are increasingly being used to ensure the perpetrators of domestic violence are charged and brought before the courts, according to new research.

Picture shows a police officer with a body worn camera on his tunic talking to a witness

Dance can help young people's health and empowerment

Published
Monday 25th June, 2018
Categories
Arts & Culture
Health

The impact of dance on the health, well-being and sense of empowerment of young people is the focus of a new report by scientists at the University and partners at Yorkshire Dance.

Dancing for Health

NHS Health Check falls short of its target

Published
Tuesday 19th June, 2018
Categories
Science
Health

Fewer than half of people eligible for a mid-life NHS Health Check in England actually received one, according to a review of evidence.

Picture shows someone having their blood pressure recorded

Devastating plant virus revealed in atomic detail

Published
Friday 15th June, 2018
Categories
Science

The complex 3D structure of one of the world’s most lethal families of plant viruses has been revealed in unprecedented detail by scientists at the University of Leeds.

geminivirus

Satellites track vanishing Antarctic ice

Published
Thursday 14th June, 2018
Categories
Global
Environment

Monitoring Antarctica from space has revealed how its ice is being lost to the oceans, providing crucial insight into the continent’s response to a warming climate.

Heavily crevassed outlet glacier in Western Palmer Land, Antarctica. Credit: Andrew Shepherd, University of Leeds

Antarctica ramps up sea level rise

Published
Wednesday 13th June, 2018
Categories
Global
Environment

Ice losses from Antarctica have increased global sea levels by 7.6 mm since 1992, with two fifths of this rise (3 mm) coming in the last five years alone.

ice in antarctica