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Policy revamp crucial for ex-coal mining communities

Published
Monday 28th April, 2025
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News
Research

Researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Staffordshire and Cambridge have investigated the impact of the coal industry loss and subsequent years of Austerity on coalfield areas across the UK.

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Commercial baby foods crisis revealed in Leeds research

Published
Monday 28th April, 2025
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Health
Research

The UK’s baby food market is awash with “low quality” products with poor nutrition masked by misleading names and on-pack messaging, according to wide ranging research by Leeds scientists.

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Curd Your Enthusiasm: Secrets of oldest book on cheese revealed

Published
Thursday 24th April, 2025
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Arts & Culture
Research

Held by Cultural Collections at the University of Leeds, the earliest-known English book about cheese is revealing its fascinating and sometimes nauseating contents to the public for the first time.

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Enhancing weather warnings in Ghana 

Published
Wednesday 23rd April, 2025
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Environment
Global

The University of Leeds is collaborating with institutions in Ghana to combat climate challenges and nurture the next generation of scientists. 

A group of schoolchildren from Wakefield comb a mocked up crime scene on the University of Leeds campus to learn about what forensics officers look for.

Junior detectives investigate crime scene

Published
Monday 7th April, 2025
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Working with our region

Schoolchildren investigated a mocked-up ‘crime scene’ on the University of Leeds campus as part of a knife crime reduction campaign.

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Mini rolling robot takes virtual biopsies

Published
Thursday 27th March, 2025
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News
Research

A tiny magnetic robot which can take 3D scans from deep within the body and could revolutionise early cancer detection, has been developed by researchers.