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Young science explorers from across the region will be able to sit in a submarine, search the skies for stars and use physics and chemistry to make ice-cream at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s Science Gala this month.

The Royal Astronomical Society’s 2018 Herschel Medal has been awarded to a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ astrophysicist - Professor Tom Marsh.

A researcher at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ is challenging the theory that ‘Santa got stuck up the chimney’ by suggesting that he uses ‘quantum tunnelling’ to get himself in and out of our homes.

A new ‘double-glazing’ solar power device – which is unlike any existing solar panel and opens up fresh opportunities to develop more advanced photovoltaics – has been invented by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers.

A giant planet – the existence of which was previously thought extremely unlikely – has been discovered by an international collaboration of astronomers, with the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ taking a leading role.

Two ¹û¶³´«Ã½ academics have been recognised by the Royal Society’s Wolfson Merit Award scheme, awarded to outstanding scientists to support their research careers at UK universities.

Dr Emma Pickwell-MacPherson, of the Ultrafast and Terahertz Photonics Group in the Department of Physics, and Professor Nasir Rajpoot, an expert in cancer histology image analysis, will receive additional funding to support their research at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ over the next five years.