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Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth
A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly...
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Modelling reveals new insight into the electrical conductivity of ionic liquids
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/06-ionic-liquids-relay-race
A collaborative investigation has revealed new insight into how room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) conduct electricity, which may have a great...
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Using smart bombs to kill old cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/06-nanotechnology-killing-old-cells
A new nanotechnology developed at the University of Leicester could lead to people living longer.
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University of Leicester research receives international recognition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/21-palaeobiology-professor-gabbott-secret-history-evolution
Palaeobiology expert to appear on French TV programme.
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University of Leicester announces winners of Images of Research competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/20-winners-images-research-competition
Four prizes were awarded at this year’s exhibition and competition A moment of reflection and calm belying a dark truth, a juxtaposition of hope...
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Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-chickens-to-mark-anthropocene
Consumption of chickens signals new geological epoch according to research led by the University of Leicester Modern meat chickens are a defining...
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Gin: The only tonic to Brexit?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-gin-only-tonic-to-brexit
University of Leicester and Burleighs Gin team up to present a delicious way to engage in Brexit debate.
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Japan's earliest 'couple' identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/09-japan-fossils
Scientists have discovered fossils of tiny male and female crustaceans over 400 million years old in Japan An international team of scientists has...
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Tiny, ancient fossil shows evidence of the breath of life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-fossil
A beautifully preserved fossil crustacean, 430 million years old, displays its respiratory organs in exquisite detail
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A ‘roar-some’ milestone: University of Leicester’s T. rex turns ten
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-university-of-leicesters-t-rex-turns-ten
The formidable replica of one of history’s most fearsome predators was unveiled ten years ago on 29 October