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  • Tiny fossils unlock clues to Earths climate half a billion years ago

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/tiny-fossils-unlock-clues-to-earth2019s-climate-half-a-billion-years-ago

    An international collaboration of scientists, led by the University of Leicester, has investigated Earth’s climate over half a billion years ago...

  • Reaching for the stars

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/reaching-for-the-stars

    A PhD student at our University has been recognised internationally for her research into life on Mars.

  • Leicester passes 5 million readers milestone on The Conversation

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/leicester-passes-5-million-readers-milestone-on-the-conversation

    Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over 5 million readers through nearly 250 articles written...

  • Dawn of the Anthropocene concept

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/dawn-of-the-anthropocene-concept

    Can the Anthropocene concept be traced back to the Comte de Buffon, a famed savant of the ancien régime of France? The evidence is made widely...

  • The story of skeletons

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-story-of-skeletons

    What links the narwhal’s tusk, ancient trilobites, Richard III (and his drinking habits), tumbleweed, an argonaut, and the outstretched fourth...

  • Gentrification masks ugly truths

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/gentrification-masks-ugly-truths

    One of the country’s leading urban geographers, Professor Loretta Lees, has outlined some of her key findings on gentrification in London.

  • The curse of zombie fossils

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-curse-of-zombie-fossils

    New research has revealed how the history of life can be distorted by the ways animals decompose and lose body parts as they decay - and the ways...

  • Get to know your brain

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/get-to-know-your-brain

    Have you ever wondered how the brain actually works- what makes us move, feel, think, and listen? On Wednesday 14 March, in the midst of global...

  • Genetic properties help identify illegally traded tropical hardwood

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/genetic-properties-help-identify-illegally-traded-tropical-hardwood

    Around 30-90 percent of all tropical hardwood is logged illegally.

  • Eradicating famine in Africa gets boost through new research

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/researchers-resolve-to-eradicate-famine-and-food-insecurity-in-kenya

    Leicester researchers are part of an international team spearheading a Newton-Utafiti Fund project delivered by the British Council to restore...
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