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An app to help African farmers defeat crop pests
A mobile phone app – launched today by an international team of scientists – will support farmers across Africa to adopt environmentally friendly ways of protecting their crops from pests.
School of Biomedical Sciences recognised with a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence
The School of Biomedical Sciences’ Capstone Experience Team – led by Dr Dave Lewis – received a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) as part of Advance HE’s Teaching Excellence Awards.
Scientists reverse age-related memory loss in mice
Scientists at Leeds and Cambridge have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and say their discovery could lead to the development of treatments to prevent memory loss in people.
When love is in the air...
Researchers are asking everybody across the UK to help survey one of the most amazing phenomena in the insect world – when millions of ants take to the air for their nuptial flight.
New treatment options for deadliest of cancers
A new way to target a mutant protein which can cause the deadliest of cancers in humans has been uncovered by scientists at Leeds.