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UK's Morrisons Starts Search for Best Local Food Producers
Mar 1, 2017Morrisons is starting a search for the best local food producers who can help to feed the nation, as a new report calls for the UK to be more self-sufficient in food production and new consumer research shows an increasing appetite from ...
Tags: Food Producers, food
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Harrison Spinks Appoints Head of Business Change
Aug 15, 2016One of Great Britain’s most established and innovative bed makers, Harrison Spinks, has appointed a finance and business expert as head of business change, in order to drive the company forward and achieve its vision to double its ...
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Xi Hails Role of Confucius Institutes
Oct 27, 2015President Xi Jinping and Britain's Prince Andrew unveil a plaque as they attend the opening of the UCL Institute of Education Confucius Institute annual conference in London on Thursday. Alastair Grant / Associated Press Classrooms make ...
Tags: Confucius Institute, cultural exchanges, business, arts
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A Way to Use Standard Semiconductors to Detect Light Has Been Developed
Apr 22, 2014Researchers at Georgia State University, the University of Leeds and China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a way to use standard semiconductors to detect light over a much broader range of wavelengths, potentially opening up ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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Global Warming of Only 2°C Will Be Detrimental to Crops in Temperate and Tropical Regions
Mar 17, 2014A study led by the University of Leeds has shown that global warming of only 2°C will be detrimental to crops in temperate and tropical regions, with reduced yields from the 2030s onwards. Professor Andy Challinor, from the School of ...
Tags: Crop, Agriculture, Food
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The Research Found Those Who Drank More Than Two Units a Week Were More Likely to Be Older
Mar 12, 2014Pregnant women who drank more than two weekly units of alcohol were twice as likely to give birth to a small or premature baby, researchers in Britain say. Professor Janet Cade of the University of Leeds' School of Science and Food ...
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The Evolution of The First Animals May Have Oxygenated The Earth's Oceans
Mar 9, 2014The evolution of the first animals may have oxygenated the earth's oceans – contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their development. New research led by the University of Exeter contests the long held ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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The UK's University Is Claimed to Be The World's Most Powerful Terahertz Laser Chip
Feb 24, 2014The UK’s University of Leeds has fabricated what is claimed to be the world’s most powerful terahertz (THz) laser chip, exceeding 1 Watt output power from a quantum cascade laser (QCL) (Lianhe Li et al, ‘Terahertz quantum ...
Tags: Laser Chip, Electronics
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Offset Man-Made Warming Is Helped by Volcanoes
Feb 23, 2014Volcanoes spewing Sun-reflecting particles into the atmosphere have partly offset the effects of Man's carbon emissions over a 15-year period that has become a global-warming battleground, researchers said Sunday. A so-called hiatus in ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Researchers Have Taken The Lead to Build The World's Most Powerful Terahertz Laser Chip
Feb 18, 2014University of Leeds researchers have taken the lead in the race to build the world's most powerful terahertz laser chip. A paper in the Institution of Engineering and Technology's (IET) journal Electronics Letters reports that the Leeds ...
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Boosting The Amount of Fiber in Your Diet May Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease
Dec 25, 2013Boosting the amount of fiber in your diet may lower your risk for heart disease, a new study finds. "With so much controversy causing many to avoid carbohydrates and grains, this trial reassures us of the importance of fiber in the ...
Tags: heart disease, fiber, cardiovascular disease, fiber-rich foods
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Winners Are Honored by Aatcc as Recipient of J. William Weaver Paper of The Year Award
Apr 11, 2013Keith R. Beck, David Hinks, Nathan H. Weisner, and Anne Crawford are being honored by AATCC as the recipients of the J. William Weaver Paper of the Year Award for "Liquid Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Dyes for Forensic ...
Tags: AATCC, Weaver Paper, Apparel
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A £1.75m Grant to Fund Textiles Research Will Help to Create New Healthcare Products
Mar 13, 2013A £1.75m grant to fund textiles research at the University of Leeds will help to create new healthcare products which will benefit millions of people. The grant from the Clothworkers' Foundation has funded new research ...
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A Liquid-Cooled Computer Server Designed in The UK Is Being Tested in Leeds
Mar 4, 2013A liquid-cooled computer server designed in the UK is being tested at the University of Leeds. The claim is the system which effectively immerses the components of the server in liquid is more energy efficient than air-cooled ...
Tags: liquid-cooled computer server, air-cooled systems, Leeds
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University of Leeds Has Deployed Dotmatics' Scientific Intelligence Tool for Data Analysis
Feb 18, 2013University of Leeds has deployed Dotmatics' scientific intelligence tool for data analysis and visualization. Featuring an easy to use, interactive dashboard, the Vortex tool allows the manipulation of vast amounts of data points ...
Tags: University of Leeds, Dotmatics'scientific intelligence tool