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University of Leeds awarded £3.8 to tackle antibiotic resistance
The University of Leeds has been awarded £3.8m to accelerate the development of infection diagnostics tools that are urgently required to stop the unnecessary use of antibiotics.
Animals' role in mitigating climate change varies across forests
Large animals play a key role in mitigating climate change in tropical forests by spreading the seeds of large trees that have a high capacity to store carbon, new research has found.
Faculty of Biological Sciences Honoured at Awards Ceremony
In a ceremony held in London, the Faculty of Biological Sciences was formally awarded 22 Advanced Accreditations by the Royal Society of Biology for their undergraduate bioscience degree programmes.
Offshore wind farms could be more risk for gannets than previously thought
Professor Keith Hamer stars in BBC's Countryfile talking about his research into the effects of offshore wind farms on Gannets. Feature starts from 6.40
Unravelling the secret of antibiotic resistance
Scientists from the University of Leeds have solved a 25-year-old question about how a family of proteins allow bacteria to resist the effects of certain antibiotics.