Global challenges News

A wake-up call about the economic reality of a green society

Published
Wednesday 14th August, 2013
Categories
Environment

Policymakers often talk about moving towards a green society, but in the largest study of its kind, an international team of researchers has found that this would restrict economic growth.

Secret of plant geometry revealed

Published
Thursday 25th July, 2013
Categories
Environment
Science

Researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered how plants set the angles of their branches.

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.