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• Expert opinions cover helping children born prematurely bingewatching the Earths climate history and gentrification

  Date: 4 Aug 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/expert-opinions-cover-helping-children-binge-watching-and-the-earths-climate-history

  Researchers funded by Action Medical Research are designing a tool to help children who were born prematurely with maths skills – and, as Dr Sarah...

• Leicester scientists to promote food security in Kenya

  Date: 3 Aug 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-to-promote-food-security-in-kenya

  Our University, in partnership with University of Nairobi in Kenya, has secured funding from the British Council’s Newton-Utafiti Fund for an...

• PhD researcher developing technique to estimate biomass and carbon more efficiently

  Date: 25 Jul 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/phd-researcher-to-further-develop-technique-to-estimate-biomass-and-carbon-more-efficiently

  With climate change a pressing issue, measuring carbon in forests and understanding how efficiently carbon is stored is increasingly vital.

• Geologists reveal omnipresent effects of human impact on Englands landscape

  Date: 24 Jul 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/geologists-reveal-2018omnipresent2019-effects-of-human-impact-on-england2019s-landscape

  ‘Omnipresent’ signs demonstrating the effects of human impact on England’s landscape have been revealed by researchers from our Department of Geology.

• Leicester geologists publish new book on exquisitely preserved fossil animals from 500 million years ago

  Date: 20 Jul 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-geologists-publish-new-book-on-exquisitely-preserved-fossil-animals-from-500-million-years-ago

  Together with colleagues from Yunnan University, Oxford University and The Natural History Museum, palaeontologists Mark Williams, Sarah Gabbott,...

• Leicester geologist leads new book on the forensic application of microfossils

  Date: 20 Jul 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-geologist-leads-new-book-on-the-forensic-application-of-microfossils

  Professor Mark Williams from our Department of Geology has recently published a new book exploring how microfossils can be used to shed light on...

• Student and graduate taking on 3100 mile trek across the USA pass halfway mark

  Date: 18 Jul 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/student-and-graduate-taking-on-3-100-mile-trek-across-the-usa-pass-halfway-mark

  Two amateur hikers who are taking on the challenge of a trek across the United States have spoken about their experience so far as they enter...

• West Antarctic Ice Sheet loss over the last 11000 years shown in new study

  Date: 5 Jul 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-loss-over-the-last-11-000-years-shown-in-new-study

  An international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and involving our University has shown that wind-driven incursions of...

• Satellite data to help map endangered monkey populations on Earth

  Date: 19 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/satellite-data-to-help-map-endangered-monkey-populations-on-earth

  A team of scientists led by the Universities of Leicester and East Anglia are leading research to protect wildlife by using satellite data to...

• Unique opportunity to learn about regeneration of Leicester

  Date: 19 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/unique-opportunity-to-learn-about-regeneration-of-leicester

  Local universities will be offering a unique opportunity to learn about various aspects of the regeneration of Leicester from key people involved...