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Science Minister George Freeman visits Nexus

Published
Thursday 19th May, 2022
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Working with business
Working with our region
Science

The UK Science Minister visited the University to learn how its state-of-the-art innovation hub is helping the city region become a global force in health technology. 

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Investigating how scarred hearts affect athletes

Published
Monday 16th May, 2022
Categories
Science
Health
Research

New research will monitor the heartbeats of more than 100 athletes over two years to measure how endurance exercise impacts their heart.

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Building teenagers’ resilience to say 'No' to smoking

Published
Monday 16th May, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics
Science
Health

A training programme to help teenagers say “No” if they are offered a cigarette or asked to vape is being offered to schools under a licensing deal signed by the University.

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REF 2021: University of Leeds research delivers real world impact 

Published
Thursday 12th May, 2022
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University
News

The results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 identified that over 90% of University of Leeds research has an overall quality rating of “world leading” or “internationally excellent”.

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Seeing Stars: New exhibition takes art into outer space

Published
Wednesday 11th May, 2022
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Arts & Culture
Research

A new exhibition at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery is shining a light on contemporary artists who use the newest technologies for space imaging in their art practice.

A human brain scan showing repeated images of a brain tumour

Novel approach to brain tumour treatment

Published
Monday 9th May, 2022
Categories
Science
Health

A potential new approach to treating one of the most common and devastating forms of brain cancer in adults has been developed in a seven-year research project.

A radiotherapy machine in a hospital treatment room.

Clinical trial opens new way of treating prostate cancer

Published
Wednesday 4th May, 2022
Categories
Health

A different way of treating people with prostate cancer will be investigated by researchers at the University of Leeds in a new clinical trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.