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Athena SWAN Silver Success for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences has received the prestigious Athena SWAN Silver Award.
How planets may be seeded with the chemicals necessary for life
Analysis of unique "fingerprints" in light emitted from material surrounding young stars has revealed “significant reservoirs” of large organic molecules necessary to form the basis of life.
Joanna Leng champions the N8 network at Leeds
The N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research, of which the University of Leeds is a partner, has officially been recognised as a chapter by Women in High Performance Computing.
Covid breathing aid - 'safe and well tolerated'
A simple electrical fan is the key component of a low-cost, easy-to-use breathing-support device designed to cope with the surge in COVID-19 cases in low to middle income countries.
Honour for ‘outstanding engineering research’
The Royal Society - the UK’s leading scientific academy - has awarded its prestigious Clifford Patterson Medal and Lecture to an academic who had to cut short her career after becoming terminally ill.