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Clothworkers’ gift will create the fabrics of the future

- A £1.75m grant to the University of Leeds is helping to create new healthcare products which will benefit millions of people.

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Computer packs the punch of 500,000 iPads

- A new supercomputer hosted at the University of Leeds is offering businesses and academic researchers across the North of England world-class computing power.

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Back to basics for climate models

- Basic physics and statistic tools could offer a simpler and more meaningful way to model key elements of the Earth’s climate, according to researchers at the University of Leeds and Brown University.

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'Wet' computer server could cut internet waste

- A revolutionary liquid-cooled computer server that could slash the carbon footprint of the internet is being tested at the University of Leeds.

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Leeds joins partners in £170m European drug development project

- Chemists at the University of Leeds will join a £170 million pan-European project, bringing together university researchers and pharmaceutical companies to develop the next generation of drugs.

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Universities Minister tours chemical labs

- State-of-the-art facilities for chemistry and chemical engineering at the University of Leeds were showcased this week during a visit by the Minister for Universities and Science.

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