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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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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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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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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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Global study reveals major gaps in diabetes care targets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/diabetes-care-targets-khunti-leicester
A global study involving academics from the University of Leicester has found that only 12 per cent of individuals with the condition are...
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COPD care transformed through European consortium
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/copd-respiratory-framework-leicester-lancet
A European consortium of researchers including the University of Leicester, has developed a new decision making framework for health professionals...
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University Researcher featured in inspiring new book showcasing tech career journeys
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/book-stem-house-of-commons-technology-leicester
University of Leicester researcher Dr Elpida Vounzoulaki is among those featured in a new book inspiring teenagers to take up a career in technology
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Mercury mission carrying Leicester instrument starts final year of its long journey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/mercury-bepi-mission-leicester-instrument-final-journey
Space scientists at the University of Leicester are marking the final year before the cutting-edge instrument they designed and built will arrive...
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‘Worms in space’ experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/worms-space-experiment-biological-effects-spaceflight
Universities of Leicester and Exeter collaborate on mission to send nematode worms to the International Space Station in a ‘Petri Pod’ designed...
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Discovery of plant reproductive success provides insights into human fertility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/plant-reproduction-fertility-chromosomes-leicester
University of Leicester researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants.