News

Bees under threat from 'Trojan hives'

Published
Thursday 18th July, 2013
Categories
Environment

Stricter controls over bumblebee imports to the UK are urgently required to prevent diseases spreading to native bumblebees and honeybees, scientists have warned.

Spotting tomorrow's entrepreneurs today

Published
Wednesday 17th July, 2013
Categories
Business & Economy

Could you spot the next Mark Zuckerberg or Richard Branson by watching and listening to them pitch for business?

Government backs University's robot research

Published
Wednesday 17th July, 2013
Categories
University
Technology

A £4.3 million national facility is set to make the University of Leeds a world leader in robot design and construction.

University of Leeds honours outstanding achievements

Published
Thursday 11th July, 2013
Categories
University

A trio of top athletes will be honoured by the University of Leeds with the Brownlee brothers and Paralympic swimmer Claire Cashmore amongst the famous names being awarded honorary degrees this year.

Plaque marks birthplace of X-ray crystallography

Published
Friday 5th July, 2013
Categories
Technology
University
Science

A plaque celebrating Nobel Prize-winning research at the University of Leeds that revealed the structure of crystals and revolutionised science has been unveiled at the house where it all began.

Bat maps: The conservation crusade

Published
Wednesday 3rd July, 2013
Categories
Science
Technology

Conservation efforts have taken an important step forward, thanks to observations of bats - creatures that make up a quarter of all of the UK's native mammal species.

Sky Ride's the limit at the University of Leeds

Published
Wednesday 3rd July, 2013
Categories
University

Pedal power will be the main attraction for thousands of people this Sunday - with the University of Leeds set to help host the city's first-ever Sky Ride.

The quantum secret to alcohol reactions in space

Published
Saturday 29th June, 2013
Categories
Science

Chemists have discovered that an 'impossible' reaction at cold temperatures actually occurs with vigour, which could change our understanding of how alcohols are formed and destroyed in space.

University academics top of their class

Published
Thursday 27th June, 2013
Categories
University

Two University of Leeds academics are celebrating after receiving a prestigious award for excellence in higher education teaching and support for learning.