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Professor Helen Gleeson and Devesh Mistry working together in a laboratory

拢2m investment boost for professor's 'wonder material'

Published
5 April 2023
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
Science

A cutting edge 鈥渄eeptech鈥 company born when a Leeds academic discovered a revolutionary new material that gets thicker as it is stretched has attracted 拢2 million in investment.

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How much microfibre do we emit with our washing?

Published
6 February 2023
Categories
Working with business
Technology
Environment

The UK鈥檚 laundry releases microfibres weighing the equivalent of up to 1,500 double-decker buses every year, according to new research.聽

My Dad Wrote a Porno friends throwing papers from manuscript in the air.

My Dad Wrote a Porno gang met at Leeds

Published
14 November 2022
Categories
News

From a kitchen table to the Royal Albert Hall: how three Leeds alumni turned some dubious content into comedy gold.

Kate Fearnyough head and shoulders profile

Negotiating on behalf of the UK

Published
4 November 2022
Categories
Alumni

Acting on behalf of the UK in climate negotiations, Leeds alum Kate Fearnyough travelled to COP27 hoping the conference would accelerate mitigation action around the world.

A futuristic glowing CPU quantum computer processor

Making quantum computing more resilient

Published
14 October 2022
Categories
Technology
Science

Quantum computing systems could be made more stable and efficient thanks to a discovery about the way some atomic particles behave. 聽

A couple sit on a sofa looking concerned as they read their bills.

Cost of living crisis highlights racial inequalities

Published
11 October 2022
Categories
Society & Politics

Black and minority ethnic people are disproportionately falling faster and further below the poverty line amidst the cost of living crisis, according to a new report.