Bragg Exchange 2026 - the University of Leeds flagship materials research conference. 20-21 January 2026. The two-day conference showcases the cutting-edge materials research taking place at the ...

The Cultural Institute activates exchange between the University of Leeds and the creative sector, benefiting people, research and student experience. We support interdisciplinary research, artist ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of emissions. The latest ...

Above Sydgletscher looking to Bowdoin Fjord, at Qaanaaq, north-west Greenland An estimated 11,000 sq miles or 28,707 sq kilometres of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the last three ...

Paying more for clothes does not necessarily mean they will last longer, according to new research carried out by the School of Design. The research, commissioned as part of a wider project by ...

Fewer than two in every 100 packed lunches eaten by children in English primary schools meet nutritional standards, according to a major survey. Although the amount of sugary food in lunchboxes ...

An international group of experts are calling for indoor air quality standards to be introduced around the globe. More than 40 scientists have joined forces to recommend setting levels for three key ...

Women have a 50 per cent higher chance than men of receiving the wrong initial diagnosis following a heart attack, according to a new study by the University of Leeds. Using the UK national heart ...

Legislation to restrict supermarket sales of foods high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) has led to a marked reduction in purchases, according to the first ever independent analysis. The research, which ...

Ecologists can find no evidence Japanese knotweed causes significant structural damage. Automatically refusing mortgages on properties where Japanese knotweed is found is out of proportion to the risk ...