How to protect people from airborne transmission of the coronavirus
“It's no good just having a recirculating air-conditioning unit...What we need to do is let fresh air in from outside.” LIFD Deputy Director Cath Noakes argues for...
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Ventilation in buildings: where water sanitation was in the 1800s
Professor Noakes stands by the side of the ducting in a ventilation system of a large building. The image must be credited: Jude Palmer/Royal Academy...
The Parallel Performance of Dynamo Simulations
Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics Deputy Director, Chris Davies, reports on the outcomes of his successful LIFD seedcorn funding award. These internal funding awards are...
Energy unleashed by submarine volcanoes could power a continent
Volcanic eruptions deep in our oceans are capable of extremely powerful releases of energy, at a rate high enough to power the whole of the...
Weather forecasts that predict meningitis outbreaks
Scientists are using weather forecasts to predict the location and scale of impending meningitis outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa. It is part of an early-warning system...
This is the sound of West Africa's Changing Climate
If you could take a year’s worth of rain gauge readings from a city in Ghana, and transform the information into a musical track, what...
LIFD member wins 2020 Price Medal for Geophysics
Dr Philip Livermore: 2020 Price Medal for Geophysics Dr Philip Livermore, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds and LIFD member, receives the Price medal...
National COVID Study Project
The University of Leeds Sorby Labs Suite (specialising in measurement of flows) was chosen as the experimental facility for the National COVID Study project, funded...
LIFD Manager awarded Women of Achievement Award
Recognising excellence: Our Women of Achievement 2021 Outstanding achievements of 28 colleagues have been recognised during a special online ceremony. LIFD Manager Claire Savy is...
Transmission of COVID-19 and the role of Engineering
Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics Deputy Director Prof Cath Noakes gives a short overview on COVID-19 and the role of engineering in managing transmission for IMechE #engineering #covid #fluiddynamics