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A visualisation of a swirling cell cluster on a colourful background

Scientists from Leeds, Oxford, and Prague have uncovered how immune cells enter the body’s lymphatic system, a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.

Secondary school pupils from across Yorkshire taking part in engineering activities at the University to mark International Women’s Day 2025.

Around 100 Yorkshire teens with a passion for problem-solving used Lego to design a sustainable music festival and experimented with bioenergy to mark International Women’s Day.

False vacuum from Zlatko Papic.

Physicists have performed a groundbreaking simulation they say sheds new light on an elusive phenomenon that could determine the ultimate fate of the universe.

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell delivering the 2024 Bolton Lecture in front of hundreds of people in a lecture theatre

The University of Leeds celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Bolton Lecture in Astronomy – and this year’s event was led by world-renowned astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

The Moon Palace bus observatory on a moon-like surface surrounded by people, with a child on top looking into the skies through binoculars

The University of Leeds, in collaboration with the East Leeds Project and three university partners, has launched the Moon Palace project, funded by a £22,000 grant from the Ogden Trust.