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Outstanding impact of Leeds research celebrated by ESRC

Published
Monday 30th June, 2014
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University

Dr Clifford Stott of the Security and Justice Research Group at the University of Leeds has won the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) 2014 Celebrating Impact Award for Outstanding Impact.

Big data technique improves monitoring of kidney transplant patients

Published
Thursday 26th June, 2014
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Technology
Science
Health

A new data analysis technique radically improves monitoring of kidney patients, according to a University of Leeds-led study, and could lead to profound changes in the way we understand our health.

University to host centre for cancer clinical trials

Published
Wednesday 25th June, 2014
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Science
Health

Cancer patients across Yorkshire will soon have better access to pioneering treatments following the establishment of a new clinical trials centre at the University of Leeds.

Researchers find clue to stopping Alzheimer's-like diseases

Published
Wednesday 25th June, 2014
Categories
Health

Tiny differences in mice that make them peculiarly resistant to a family of conditions that includes Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease may provide clues for treatments in humans.

Celebrating the work of a neglected scientific pioneer

Published
Tuesday 17th June, 2014
Categories
University
Science

A University of Leeds academic has shed important new light on the fascinating story of a pioneer whose contribution to one of science's biggest discoveries has long been overlooked.

Reality of living on benefits laid bare by research

Published
Tuesday 17th June, 2014
Categories
Society & Politics

A life on benefits is not a lifestyle choice, but rather, a desperate way of living for those with no alternative, new University of Leeds research has suggested.

Sky Ride pedals through University this weekend

Published
Friday 13th June, 2014
Categories
University

Sky Ride, the mass participation cycle ride, comes to Leeds for its second year on Sunday, 15 June - with some of the University of Leeds' historic buildings providing a backdrop to the riders.

The 'microbial garden' taking the shine off glaciers

Published
Thursday 12th June, 2014
Categories
Environment
Science

The first ecological study of an entire glacier has found that microbes drastically reduce surface reflectivity and therefore have an impact on the amount of sunlight that is reflected into space.

Experts unlock key to blood vessel repair

Published
Wednesday 11th June, 2014
Categories
Health

Scientists from the University of Leeds have found a way to restore the function of damaged blood vessel repairing cells, in a potentially important step for the future treatment of heart disease.