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Inspirational student speaks at charity dinner
MChem Chemistry student, Rebecca Lane, suffered a disrupted childhood. With help from charity Norwood, she was able to overcome adversity and achieve her goals.
Major EU Horizon 2020 award secured by Andrew Nelson, and Shahrzad Mohamadi wins prize for first results from project.
Professor Andrew Nelson, with support from Dr Karen Steenson in Engineering, has won a major Horizon 2020 EUR6.3 million award HISENTS with EUR1.4 million coming to Leeds.
Cosmic dust demystified
A team of researchers has developed a new experimental Meteoric Ablation Simulator (MASI) that can help answer questions about cosmic dust and how it impacts Earth and everything on it.
Gold for Paralympian chemistry graduate
Hand cyclist Karen Darke claimed gold in Rio beating the USA and Italy into silver and bronze positions. Karen graduated in 1992 with a degree in Chemistry and Geological Sciences.
Towards a cure for toxoplasmosis
A multidisciplinary research team has developed new molecules that show significant promise as leads for the treatment of toxoplasmosis.