Saving trees in tropics could cut emissions by a fifth, study shows
Reducing deforestation in the tropics would significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere - by as much as one-fifth - research shows.
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Business School is in UK top three with gold award
Leeds University Business School is one of only three in the country to land a prestigious new gold standard Small Business Charter Award for its role in helping kick-start British enterprise.
University opens its doors for Festival of Arts
School pupils, members of the public and University of Leeds staff and students are coming together this summer for a Festival of Arts.
Teaming up with M&S for a new online course in business innovation
World class innovation by leading retailer Marks & Spencer is featured in one of two free online courses launched today by the University of Leeds.
'Often and early' gives children a taste for vegetables
Exposing infants to a new vegetable early in life encourages them to eat more of it compared to offering novel vegetables to older children, new research from the University of Leeds suggests.
Big data to help blood cancer patients
A pioneering database at the University of Leeds will help match patients with certain types of blood cancers to the best treatments.
Clock ticks down to Tour de France start
The final countdown to the Tour de France is truly under way in Leeds after the unveiling of the official countdown clock at Trinity Leeds shopping centre.
Antarctica's ice losses on the rise
Three years of observations show that the Antarctic ice sheet is now losing 159 billion tonnes of ice each year - twice as much as when it was last surveyed.
Clouds: bright and with a fresh pine scent
A new study has shed light on the first step of cloud formation, revealing that organic oxides - such as the molecule responsible for giving pine forests their smell - are a vital ingredient.
The First World War captain condemned by his flair for languages
Research by students at the University of Leeds has uncovered the extraordinary story of a First World War officer who ended up marrying the nurse who condemned him as a German spy.
