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New funding to develop technology for first robots to weld in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/funding-technology-first-robots-weld-space
University of Leicester and welding specialist TWI Ltd collaborating on a robot-mounted arc-welding system designed to support in-space repair,...
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Research group including University of Leicester astronomers receives one of the world’s largest research prizes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/astronomers-world-largest-research-prize
ENGRAVE group, which includes University of Leicester researchers, recognised with inaugural Into Change Award, worth DKK 8 million and awarded by...
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Leicester climbs 32 places in global sustainability rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/leicester-climbs-global-sustainability-rankings
The University of Leicester has risen 32 places to 125th in the world and is now 34th in the UK, in the 2026 QS World University Rankings:...
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Age at prediabetes diagnosis a key factor for risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer, study indicates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/diabetes-cancer-diagnosis-leicester
Academics from the University of Leicester have found that the risk of developing cancer following a prediabetes diagnosis is greater in those...
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Perpetual Atomics and QSA Global achieve breakthrough in americium ceramic fuel pelleting for space power systems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/perpetual-atomics-qsa-global-americium-ceramic-fuel-pelleting
University spin-out works with QSA Global to develop a ceramic americium pellet via an industrially scalable method that can be directly...
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Internationally respected doctor and disability advocate to take part in empathic healthcare event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/disability-advocate-empathic-healthcare
Respected Australian medical doctor, lawyer, researcher and disability advocate to take part in a ground-breaking course on empathic healthcare...
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Africa’s forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/africa-forests-absorbing-emitting-carbon
Analysis led by University of Leicester shows the African continent lost approximately 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass per year between...
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New research shows the proportion of adults with autism or psychotic disorders remains stable
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/autism-psychotic-national-survey-leicester-apms
Results from the latest part of a national survey on mental health reveal the number of adults diagnosed with autism and psychotic disorders in...
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Study reveals widening inequalities and missed opportunities in heart failure diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/heart-failure-inequalities-diagnosis-leicester
A major study by Leicester researchers investigating the diagnosis and outcomes of more than 400,000 people with heart failure has found that...
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Landmark study reveals hidden frailty crisis in young heart attack patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/heart-attack-frailty-health-risk-leicester
Researchers in Leicester have uncovered a major blind spot in the way doctors assess future health risk in young adults who suffer a heart attack.