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Professor Helen Gleeson and Devesh Mistry working together in a laboratory

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

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

A cutting edge “deeptech” company born when a Leeds academic discovered a revolutionary new material that gets thicker as it is stretched has attracted £2 million in investment.

A wool cardigan in a washing machine.

How much microfibre do we emit with our washing?

Published
Monday 6th February, 2023
Categories
Working with business
Technology
Environment

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

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

My Dad Wrote a Porno gang met at Leeds

Published
Monday 14th 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
Friday 4th 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
Friday 14th 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.  

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

Cost of living crisis highlights racial inequalities

Published
Tuesday 11th 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.