Science news articles about 'leeds team'

  • Kew Gardens provides climate for agricultural change

    ... crops to test possible future applications. The Leeds team has been working with two Kenyan villages ... collected by the device will be sent back to the University of Leeds, but ultimately, the management of the system will be handed over to the University ...
  • Disease diagnosis in just 15 minutes

    ... as using a pregnancy testing kit. A team led by scientists at the University of Leeds has developed a biosensor technology ... , is costly and can only be performed by highly trained staff. The Leeds team are confident their new technology – which provides ...
  • Researchers shake up scientific theory on motor protein

    ... international team of scientists led by the University of Leeds has shed new light on the little-understood ... magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) - have been unsuccessful. The Leeds team worked with synthetic dynein engineered ...
  • Study offers clues to beating hearing loss

    ... forward in understanding the causes of some forms of deafness. The Leeds team has discovered that the myosin 7 motor ... from many other myosins. Dr Michelle Peckham from the University of Leeds' Faculty of Biological Sciences says: "We're really ...
  • Gene evolution process discovered

    ... explanation for this process. In research published this week, the Leeds team reports that a protein known as REST ... – but no-one has been able to prove it until now." The Leeds team, in collaboration with scientists in Singapore, examined ...
  • Protecting the food crops of the future

    ... farmers reap a bumper harvest. The University of Leeds team will also investigate whether the flowering process can be made more robust and able to withstand predicted changes ...
  • Right first time: Pioneering new methods of drug manufacture

    ... manufacturers' operations. Using self-assembled monolayers, the team has been able to show that crystals form into their desired ... of the compound. The new system proven to work by the Leeds team, working alongside Ana Kwokal ...
  • Ozone hole healing could cause further climate warming

    ... warming in the southern hemisphere, according to scientists at the University of Leeds. The Antarctic ozone hole was once regarded ... for in our future predictions," added Professor Carslaw. The Leeds team made their prediction using a state-of-the-art ...
  • A step toward lead-free electronics

    ... beam at the Diamond Light Source, the University of Leeds researchers have now shown that a simple, lead ... for a clean sustainable energy source in the future. The Leeds team will continue to work at Diamond to study ...
  • Scientists perfect new nanowire technique

    ... how liquid crystal arranges itself on the surface." The Leeds team, led by Professor Richard Bushby ... . We also found that the narrower the stripes, the better the ordered the columns." The team are hopeful that this level of control could lead to the development ...
  • If you plan, then you'll do… but it helps to have a friend

    ... Conner from the Institute of Psychological Science at the University of Leeds. "We already know that these kinds of plans can be really ... -- friends, family, colleagues involved too. The Leeds team worked with employees from 15 councils ...

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