Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s and is tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s high-end climate warming scenario, which…
An international team of researchers led by the University of Leeds have revealed for the first time that Amazon forests with the greatest evolutionary diversity…
Astronomers using one of the most advanced radio telescopes have discovered a rare molecule in the dust and gas disck around a young star —…
Astronomers have discovered a binary star system with the closest high-mass young stellar objects ever measured, providing a valuable “laboratory” to test theories on high…
Astronomers have captured one of the most detailed views of a young star taken to date, and revealed an unexpected companion in orbit around it….
New research gives insight into a recent experiment that was able to manipulate an unprecedented number of atoms through a quantum simulator. This new theory…
Antarctica’s great ice sheet is losing ground as it is eroded by warm ocean water circulating beneath its floating edge, a new study has found….
A hole at the heart of a stunning rose-like interstellar cloud has puzzled astronomers for decades. But new research, led by the University of Leeds,…
A newly published study shows how Brazilian wasp venom selectively kills cancer cells without harming normal cells. The social wasp Polybia paulista protects itself against…
Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a biosensor that can detect very small quantities of amyloid-beta clusters, which could open the door to…
By using the distribution of young massive stars to probe the structure of the Milky Way, astronomers have reaffirmed that our galaxy has four spiral…
In a newly published study, researchers from the University of Leeds detail how they solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the center of the…
A team of scientists from the University of Leeds has discovered that chemical reactions once thought to be ‘impossible’ in the coldness of space can…
New research from the University of Leeds and University of Chicago reveals a model of Sun’s magnetic field. Sparked by a medium-sized (C-class) flare, a…
A new study led by scientists at the University of Leeds shows that short-term ecological change and evolution are intertwined and cannot reasonably be considered…
A new comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the role of black carbon, aka soot, in the climate system found that the direct warming effect of…
Researchers at University of Leeds have developed biosensor technology that could form the basis of a non-invasive diagnostic for Adenovirus. By using antibodies attached to…
Researchers at the University of Leeds, in collaboration with the University of York, published a new study showing the extent of the Northern Hemisphere’s intercontinental…