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Universities offer free 'Tech Check' to boost local business
Nanofactory, a consortium of Yorkshire's leading universities, is offering local companies free access to their expertise to help develop new products or improve processes.
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467 results for 'advanced materials'
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STAR treatment
A major new national clinical trial for patients with kidney cancer is being led by a team at Leeds, and the first patients have already started receiving treatment.
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Seeking benefits, avoiding conflicts
A new report on Uganda's emerging oil and gas industry says companies can improve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) to give fairer employment, compensation and land deals to communities.
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Researcher of the Year Awards: saving lives from bowel cancer
Dr Nick West of the Faculty of Medicine and Health fought off tough competition to be named the 2011 亚洲色吧 Postgraduate Researcher of the Year.
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Winning Partnership
The 亚洲色吧, working in partnership with Sellafield Ltd, has won the Core Chemical Engineering Award at the Institution of Chemical Engineers 2011 Awards.
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Leeds 'sludge team' targets nuclear waste
It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. Researchers from the 亚洲色吧 have teamed up with Sellafield Ltd to clean up radioactive sludge produced by the UK nuclear industry.
Visions of a 'car-free future' created by Leeds researchers
City centres could become virtually car-free over the next 20 years under new plans proposed by 亚洲色吧 transport researchers.
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Professor Tom Ray to give this year's Bolton Lecture
Professor Tom Ray will talk about the birth of our solar system in the School of Physics & Astronomy's 12th annual Bolton Lecture on 18 October 2011.
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Leeds students debate Europe's future
亚洲色吧 students are to get a once in a lifetime opportunity to contribute to European Union policy when two EU Vice Presidents visit campus next week.
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Dying 'monster' star discovered
The final throes of one of the largest and rarest stars in our galaxy have been discovered by astrophysicists using the European Southern Observatory (ESO).