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Research suggests drugs could reverse diabetes damage

Published
Tuesday 30th June, 2020
Categories
Science
Health

Drugs developed to treat Alzheimer’s Disease could be repurposed to prevent - or even reverse - damage done to the blood vessels of people who are obese or have type 2 diabetes, according to research.

Initial forest loss at a gold mining site at Mahdia, Guyana

Gold mining restricts Amazon rainforest recovery

Published
Monday 29th June, 2020
Categories
Global
Science
Environment

Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study.

Artist illustration of events on the sun changing the conditions in Near-Earth space. Impact rings are drawn around the Sun and earth. Credit: NASA

Space weather monitoring boost

Published
Saturday 27th June, 2020
Categories
Science

The UK’s ability to predict solar superstorms and other severe space weather events is to get a significant boost with the launch of a major research project involving Leeds expertise.

Vital study into coronavirus transmission

Published
Friday 26th June, 2020
Categories
Coronavirus
Science

Scientists from the University of Leeds are to study live virus excretion in faeces to understand more about the spread of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus responsible for the pandemic.

The image is a close up of two women wearing face masks, presumambly to stop them spreading or contracting the coronavirus

Study confirms "classic" symptoms of COVID-19

Published
Wednesday 24th June, 2020
Categories
Global
Coronavirus
Science
Health

A persistent cough and fever have been confirmed as the most prevalent symptoms associated with COVID-19, according to a major review of the scientific literature.

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Scientists’ warning on affluence

Published
Friday 19th June, 2020
Categories
Global
Business & Economy
Environment

Technology is not the silver bullet for mitigating and solving the many global environmental issues the world is facing, scientists warn.

Image shows a bottle of pills turned on its side, with the tables - presumably aspirin - cascading out.

Aspirin can reduce the risk of bowel cancer

Published
Friday 12th June, 2020
Categories
Science
Health

Two standard aspirin tablets taken every day for two years can reduce the risk of inherited bowel cancer for at least a decade, research has revealed.