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The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years

4 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land were to be conserved across the tropics

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Greenland's ice sheet is melting seven times faster today than it was in the 1990s - and will be responsible for flooding 100 million people a year by the end of the century

4 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Researchers have for the first time demonstrated a link between eating breakfast and GCSE performance for secondary school students in the UK

5 years ago leeds.ac.uk

“Exceedingly rare” plant species face increased chances of extinction. There are about 435,000 unique land plant species on Earth

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Fungi could reduce reliance on fertilisers

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Steadily reducing fossil fuel emissions over coming years will prevent millions of premature deaths and help avoid the worst of climate change without causing a large spike in short-term warming that some studies predict…

5 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Scientists have created a new form of gold which is just two atoms thick – the thinnest unsupported gold ever created

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It's the Effect Size, Stupid: What effect size is and why it is important

5 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Researchers analysed data from more than 40,000 people in the UK, and found that changes in fruit and vegetable consumption are correlated with changes in mental well-being

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Amazon rainforest can't keep up with climate change

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A study has produced a detailed estimation for when there was enough oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere to support large land-based life

6 years ago leeds.ac.uk earth

Jet-air dryers should not be used in hospital toilets - Across three hospitals in three different countries in a multi-centre trial, bacterial counts were significantly higher in the toilets on the days that jet-air dryers were in use…

6 years ago leeds.ac.uk trial

New research has shown certain viruses retain their cancer-killing ability even when injected into the bloodstream, by specifically destroying cancer tissue while causing minimal side effects to the patient, making them an attractive new type of cancer treatment…

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Children with better co-ordination more likely to achieve at school

6 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Climate change could increase volcano eruptions

6 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Anti-obesity drug acts on brain's appetite control system

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Insufficient sleep could be adding to your waistline

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Scientists have developed a new biological tool for examining molecules

7 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Overuse of antibiotics the main cause of C.diff epidemic

7 years ago leeds.ac.uk

New X-ray images of Earth's outer core have revealed a unique jet stream-like current of molten iron.

7 years ago leeds.ac.uk earth

The climate-changing desert dust fertilising our oceans -- University of Leeds

7 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Terminal cancer patients 'not getting adequate pain relief'

8 years ago leeds.ac.uk cancer

Revisiting a 90-year-old debate: the advantages of the mean deviation (2004)

8 years ago leeds.ac.uk

More than half of all tree species in the world’s most diverse forest – the Amazon – may be globally threatened, according to a new study: But the study also suggests that Amazonian parks, reserves and indigenous territories will protect most of the threatened species…

9 years ago leeds.ac.uk amazon

Researchers have created unusually intelligent mice by altering a single gene

9 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Rare African bush may help kidney cancer treatment

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Parasite turns shrimp into voracious cannibals: Researchers found a tiny parasite, Pleistophora mulleri, not only significantly increased cannibalism among the indigenous shrimp Gammarus duebeni celticus but made infected shrimp more voracious…

9 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Researchers have cracked a code that governs infections by a major group of viruses including the common cold and polio

9 years ago leeds.ac.uk

Alan Turing and Enigmatic Statistics (2012) [pdf]

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The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years

Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land were to be conserved across the tropics

Greenland's ice sheet is melting seven times faster today than it was in the 1990s - and will be responsible for flooding 100 million people a year by the end of the century

Researchers have for the first time demonstrated a link between eating breakfast and GCSE performance for secondary school students in the UK

“Exceedingly rare” plant species face increased chances of extinction. There are about 435,000 unique land plant species on Earth

Fungi could reduce reliance on fertilisers

Steadily reducing fossil fuel emissions over coming years will prevent millions of premature deaths and help avoid the worst of climate change without causing a large spike in short-term warming that some studies predict…

Scientists have created a new form of gold which is just two atoms thick – the thinnest unsupported gold ever created

It's the Effect Size, Stupid: What effect size is and why it is important

Researchers analysed data from more than 40,000 people in the UK, and found that changes in fruit and vegetable consumption are correlated with changes in mental well-being

Amazon rainforest can't keep up with climate change

A study has produced a detailed estimation for when there was enough oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere to support large land-based life

Jet-air dryers should not be used in hospital toilets - Across three hospitals in three different countries in a multi-centre trial, bacterial counts were significantly higher in the toilets on the days that jet-air dryers were in use…

New research has shown certain viruses retain their cancer-killing ability even when injected into the bloodstream, by specifically destroying cancer tissue while causing minimal side effects to the patient, making them an attractive new type of cancer treatment…

Children with better co-ordination more likely to achieve at school

Climate change could increase volcano eruptions

Anti-obesity drug acts on brain's appetite control system

Insufficient sleep could be adding to your waistline

Scientists have developed a new biological tool for examining molecules

Overuse of antibiotics the main cause of C.diff epidemic

New X-ray images of Earth's outer core have revealed a unique jet stream-like current of molten iron.

The climate-changing desert dust fertilising our oceans -- University of Leeds

Terminal cancer patients 'not getting adequate pain relief'

Revisiting a 90-year-old debate: the advantages of the mean deviation (2004)

More than half of all tree species in the world’s most diverse forest – the Amazon – may be globally threatened, according to a new study: But the study also suggests that Amazonian parks, reserves and indigenous territories will protect most of the threatened species…

Researchers have created unusually intelligent mice by altering a single gene

Rare African bush may help kidney cancer treatment

Parasite turns shrimp into voracious cannibals: Researchers found a tiny parasite, Pleistophora mulleri, not only significantly increased cannibalism among the indigenous shrimp Gammarus duebeni celticus but made infected shrimp more voracious…

Researchers have cracked a code that governs infections by a major group of viruses including the common cold and polio

Alan Turing and Enigmatic Statistics (2012) [pdf]