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Mapping the pressures of global food production
A map showing the environmental pressures from global food production has been developed by researchers, to identify ways of creating more sustainable and just food systems.
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Virtual worlds addressing real-life issues
From space exploration to protecting the world’s rainforests, the benefits of creating virtual models of real-life scenarios are limitless.
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New Deans for Global Development
Two new Deans have been appointed to drive forward the University’s global vision.
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True size of largest tropical peatland revealed
A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.
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Unchecked emissions could double heat-related child mortality
If carbon emissions are limited to slow temperature rise, as many as 6,000 child deaths could be prevented in Africa each year, according to new estimates.
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Building globally sustainable food systems
Fellows from six African countries this week joined colleagues at Leeds to strengthen networks and build research and leadership skills, helping to bring sustainable change in African food systems.
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Can robotics help us achieve sustainable development?
An international team of scientists, led by the ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ, have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Low-tech: just what the doctor ordered
Medical equipment that can be manufactured at low cost and easily maintained will help extend surgery to the five billion people worldwide who currently cannot get access to it, say researchers.
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Targeting mosquito spit to halt virus spreadÂ
A molecule in mosquito saliva has been identified as a potential target for vaccination against a range of diseases for which there is no protection or medicine.Â
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COVID-19's toll on global cardiac services
A major study has revealed the global collateral damage caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.