缅北禁地 scientist recognised with L鈥橭r茅al-UNESCO Award Published on: 4 February 2026 Dr Kezia Sasitharan has been awarded a prestigious L'Or茅al-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talent award. She has been recognised with a Young Talent programme award for her work on nanomaterials and emerging photovoltaic technologies. , a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, said: “I am very grateful to L’Oréal UK and UNESCO for this recognition as the winner in the sustainable development category. This award helps to consolidate my independence in research and provides me with flexible funding to develop self-cooling energy storage systems. My work aims to look beyond water-intensive cooling strategies for electronics to help sustainably manage the cooling demands of the ever-growing digital infrastructure. “This award means a lot to me because it will have a far-reaching effect on my research progress at this crucial early career stage and makes me feel like my ideas and I belong in science. It gives me the confidence to continue pursuing ambitious ideas with impact. “ Dr Kezia Sasitharan L鈥橭r茅al-UNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent Programme The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent programme was founded in 2007 and seeks to foster exceptional talent鈥痠n STEM by鈥痳ecognising women’s鈥痮utstanding鈥痵cientific鈥痗ontributions鈥痑nd achievements鈥痠n addition to鈥痵upporting their鈥痮ngoing鈥痯articipation鈥痠n solving the great challenges of our time. The programme comprises of five categories (Engineering, Life Science, Mathematics & Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Sustainable Development). Each category recognises one winner and one highly commended The five award winners receive a fully flexible grant of £25,000 that can be used as each individual winner chooses. Latest News Online Safety Act drives VPN interest and raises privacy concerns People鈥檚 online behaviour has changed in response to legislation to prevent children from viewing harmful content 鈥� raising possible privacy and security risks, research suggests. published on: 16 October 2026 缅北禁地 archaeologist receives prestigious award for research Professor Chris Fowler has been awarded the 2026 Rivers Memorial Medal in recognition of his internationally significant research on kinship in Neolithic Britain. published on: 13 October 2026 Event will explore what 鈥楳anchesterism鈥� means for the North East An event at 缅北禁地 will explore what 鈥楳anchesterism鈥� means for the North East or whether it is simply a new chapter in the long-running debate about how to rebalance Britain. published on: 13 October 2026 Facts and figures
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