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Female hiker applying spray-on sunscreen outdoors.

Reduced protection of some sunscreens

Published
Thursday 14th October, 2021
Categories
Science
Health

Some sunscreens offer very limited protection against dangerous sunrays during use and may even be harmful.

Professor William Henry Bragg with an X-ray spectrometer

A physicist who revolutionised modern science

Published
Wednesday 13th October, 2021
Categories
Arts & Culture
Working with our region
Science

Light Night Leeds 2021 marks the start of a season of events to honour the work and achievements of physicist Sir William Henry Bragg.

Three elderly people talking to each other and smiling.

Ground-breaking trial cuts pandemic loneliness

Published
Tuesday 12th October, 2021
Categories
Society & Politics
Coronavirus
Health

A simple form of talking therapy reduced loneliness in older people left isolated during the pandemic, initial results of a new study have revealed.

A person wearing virtual reality equipment stands in the University of Leeds' Highly Immersive Kinematic Experimental Research lab

Making self-driving cars human-friendly

Published
Tuesday 5th October, 2021
Categories
Science
Technology

Automated vehicles could be made more pedestrian-friendly thanks to new research which could help predict when people will cross the road.