New research published in The Lancet highlights important information for health professionals and parents about the factors which may increase the likelihood of a baby being born with a birth defect.
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.
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.
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.
Two University of Leeds academics are celebrating after receiving a prestigious award for excellence in higher education teaching and support for learning.
The world's medievalists will descend on the University of Leeds from 30 June to 4 July, for the 20th annual International Medieval Congress.
A study of the experiences of cosmetic surgery tourists, led by the University of Leeds, challenges widely-held perceptions about the safety and motives of people travelling overseas for treatment.
A new study calls for governments and farmers to adapt to climate shifts, despite uncertainties about what growing conditions will look like decades from now.
Researchers from the University of Leeds are involved in a unique, five-year £10 million collaboration to improve virtual engineering.
Colonies of gannets maintain vast exclusive fishing ranges despite doing nothing to defend their territory from rival colonies, scientists have discovered.