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A handful of slightly green bananas placed around a wooden bowl of banana starch flour, with a wooden spoon in the flour.

A banana a day could keep cancer at bay

Published
Tuesday 26th July, 2022
Categories
Health
Research

A starch found in bananas can reduce some cancers by more than half, according to a 20-year trial.

Tyler Smith runs out of the water during a triathlon race

Tyler Smith: a Bermudan triathlete made in Leeds

Published
Monday 25th July, 2022
Categories
Alumni

Bermudan triathlete Tyler Smith (Sports Science and Physiology 2020) goes up against Leeds teammates as he aims to help his nation to Commonwealth Games gold in Birmingham.

Prof Corneille Ewango of the University of Kisangani, DRC, takes notes in a peat swamp forest along the Ikelemba River in DRC.

True size of largest tropical peatland revealed

Published
Thursday 21st July, 2022
Categories
Global
Environment

A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.

John Pares runs to the finish line in the 24 hour race

24 hours to gold: The reigning Commonwealth champion

Published
Thursday 21st July, 2022
Categories
Alumni

From the Leeds marathon to 24 hour ultra racing, ahead of Birmingham 2022, John Pares (Chemical Engineering 1987) describes his journey to claim a Commonwealth Championship gold.

Mark England poses in Team GB tracksuit

Mark England OBE: the hopes of a nation

Published
Monday 18th July, 2022
Categories
Alumni

After making history as Team GB Chef de Mission at the Rio 2016 Olympics, Mark England OBE hopes to guide Team England to gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Exterior of Asda House in Leeds.

University and Asda announce data partnership

Published
Monday 18th July, 2022
Categories
Working with business
Health

Asda and the University have joined forces to better understand pressing societal challenges such as nutrition, environmental and health issues through a strategic data partnership.

University of Leeds Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk

Vice-Chancellor’s latest blog

Published
Friday 15th July, 2022
Categories
University

Professor Simone Buitendijk’s latest blog considers the insecurity and unease that sometimes gets in the way of achieving equity in higher education.

A delegate signs the pledge to try and end barriers to social mobility in Bradford

Civic leaders pledge to improve social mobility

Published
Tuesday 12th July, 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Science
Health

A major drive to improve the life chances of children from the Bradford district has been formally launched.

A close-up of a pink Bromeliad plant

Education system ‘neglecting the importance of plants’

Published
Monday 11th July, 2022
Categories
Environment
Science

People are becoming “disconnected from the botanical world” at a time when plants could help solve global environmental problems, warn a group of research scientists.