Death rates in children's intensive care units are at an all-time low despite higher numbers of admissions, new research published by the University of Leeds and the University of Leicester shows.
DARE, the unique partnership between Opera North and the University of Leeds, has announced the appointment of the first new Fellowships to improve fundraising for the arts.
Racial, ethnic and sexual inequality in the US has deepened as a result of the dominance of financial services, with white men becoming wealthier at the expense of women and minority groups.
Researchers from the University of Leeds are developing an innovative new robotic device that helps children to practise and improve their hand coordination.
As children head back to school this week, new research by the University of Leeds has shown that children who eat breakfast are more likely to have higher school grades.
The largest study of its kind, carried out by experts at the University of Leeds, has shown the most effective test for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile (C-Diff).
Death rates from malignant melanoma - the most serious type of skin cancer - are 70% higher in men than women, despite similar numbers being diagnosed with the disease each year.
Work has begun on a new state-of-the-art library at the University of Leeds.
Patients attending clinical nurse specialist clinics do not get inferior treatment to that offered by consultant rheumatologists, the results of a major new clinical trial have revealed.
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.