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Around the world in 12 garden beds: Leicester’s international food garden flourishes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/september/world-food-garden-botanic-leicester
The University of Leicester’s World Food Garden has been in full bloom over the past four months.
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Scientists call for Anthropocene epoch to be officially formalised as evidence of its influence grows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/september/anthropocene-geological-epoch--leicester
Leicester experts arguing for the official recognition of the proposed Anthropocene geological epoch have published the compelling evidence they...
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Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/fruit-air-pollution-lung-function
Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society...
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New test could help preserve endangered gibbon populations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gibbons-twycross-genetic-endangered
A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable Gibbon...
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A multidisciplinary team of scientists aim to solve the mystery of magnetoreception
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/magnetoreception
A significant research grant from the Wellcome Trust will allow a team of researchers to identify the biological mechanisms through which magnetic...
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Entomology fieldtrip turns into a once in a lifetime opportunity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/cicadas
A University of Leicester researcher has witnessed a once in a lifetime experience on a trip to the United States.
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Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression...
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Dr Sarah Gretton named as an Advance HE National Teaching Fellow 2021
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/advancehe-teaching-fellow
Dr Sarah Gretton, Director of the Natural Sciences programme and institutional lead for Education of Sustainable Development (ESD) at the...
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New space research to survey chimpanzee habitats
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/jgi-laser-chimps
New space research at the University of Leicester is set to use remote sensing techniques to survey the habitats of endangered chimpanzees in the...
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Fantastic Beasts and Where I Found Them
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-fantastic-beasts-and-where-i-found-them
Join us for the first in a revamped series of Professorial Inaugural Lectures as Professor Richard Thomas discusses his research into human-animal...