Study News

A sun hovering above the horizon of a desolate planet

Pioneering Leeds researchers accepted into leading programme

Published
Thursday 15th October, 2020
Categories
Research and innovation
Global challenges

Two Leeds researchers have been accepted into a prestigious scheme to further their work in climate change and searching for habitable worlds in space.

A medic using a syringe to administer a vaccine into a patient's upper arm.

COVID-19 vaccine trial begins in Leeds

Published
Wednesday 14th October, 2020
Categories
Coronavirus
Science
Health

Hundreds of volunteers from the region are taking part in a study to test the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine.

A football inside a goal net.

Faster footballs result in harder headers

Published
Tuesday 13th October, 2020
Categories
Health
Science

Scientists have discovered the severity of the impact on a player’s head while heading a football is influenced much more by the speed of the ball than its mass and stiffness.

A map that shows that shows the hotter and cooler zones on the magnetar. The cooler zones are blue and the hotter zones are yellow

Modelling temperature variation on distant stars

Published
Monday 12th October, 2020
Categories
Technology
Science

New research is helping to explain one of the big questions that has perplexed astrophysicists for the past 30 years - what causes the changing brightness of distant stars called magnetars.

The device worn on the wrist, similar to a wristwatch, that registers when wearers come into contact with each other.

Can wearable technology help care homes save lives?

Published
Friday 9th October, 2020
Categories
Technology
Coronavirus

Wearable digital devices are to be trialled in care homes to establish whether the technology can help reduce covid-19 infections and prevent deaths.

Hooker Lake, New Zealand (2016)

Meltwater lakes are accelerating glacier ice loss

Published
Thursday 8th October, 2020
Categories
Global
Environment

Meltwater lakes that form at glacier margins cause ice to recede much further and faster compared to glaciers that terminate on land, according to a new study.

An adult and child holding hands, walking on a pavement with visible car fumes on the road next to them

New project is a breath of fresh air for Bradford school kids

Published
Thursday 8th October, 2020
Categories
Health
Environment

University of Leeds researchers are taking part in a new Born in Bradford project with primary school children across the city - to measure levels of pollution and its impact on health.

Coronavirus cases among students and staff 

Published
Wednesday 7th October, 2020
Categories
Coronavirus
University

Keeping our students and staff safe and healthy has been our number one priority throughout the coronavirus pandemic.