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Dr Alex Bamji and Peter Brears sitting at a table together holding the pamflyt compiled of Cheese

Curd Your Enthusiasm: Secrets of oldest book on cheese revealed

Published
24 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.

Zoomed in view of mini robot with plastic nodule cut across showing microchip and protruding wires

Mini rolling robot takes virtual biopsies

Published
27 March 2025
Categories
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.

Three yellow tents in a row in bright sunshine on the Khumbu Glacier on Mount Everest with the Himalayan mountain range in the background

Research to explore why Everest glacier is so warm

Published
20 March 2025
Categories
Research

A team of researchers is making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in Nepal next month to explore why the ice of one of the mountain’s most iconic glaciers is so close to the melting point

Children in red and white school uniform singing in a choir

Embed creativity in the curriculum, report urges

Published
14 March 2025
Categories
Research

Children’s creative talents must be nurtured in state schools to reduce inequalities and boost the economy, the final Child of the North education campaign report says.

A baby grasps their parent's little finger.

Supporting new parents and caregivers in Leeds

Published
4 March 2025
Categories
Research

Parents and caregivers in Leeds can receive free support in the crucial first 1000 days of their newborns’ lives as part of a study led by the University of Leeds.