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                Leicester research selected as top story by international news distribution platformhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-selected-as-top-story-by-international-news-distribution-platform Recent research into the technosphere by Professors Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters from the Department of Geology has been... 
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                Research finds Earths technosphere now weighs 30 trillion tonshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-finds-earths-2018technosphere2019-now-weighs-30-trillion-tons An international team led by our geologists has made the first estimate of the sheer size of the physical structure of the planet’s technosphere –... 
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                A first for Leicester for environmental impacthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/a-first-for-leicester-for-environmental-impact Leicester has increased its position in a league table of UK universities’ environmental and ethical performance, for the first time achieving a... 
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                Green gown awards recognitionhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/green-gown-awards-recognition The work of the University of Leicester has been celebrated at an awards ceremony. 
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                Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for lifehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for... 
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                Leicester geologist contributes to major project examining the technospherehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-geologist-contributes-to-major-project-examining-the-2018technosphere2019 Professor Jan Zalasiewicz from our Department of Geology is working with artist Anne-Sophie Milon on a new project examining the ‘technosphere’... 
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                PhD student receives prestigious research granthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale. 
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                Department of Geology to host Palaeontology conferencehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/department-of-geology-to-host-palaeontology-conference The University's Department of Geology Palaeobiology Research Group has announced it will host the early career researchers’ conference... 
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                One hundred Leicester academics writing articles for The Conversationhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/one-hundred-leicester-academics-now-writing-articles-for-the-conversation One hundred academics from across our University have written more than 180 articles for The Conversation, applying their research expertise to... 
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                The Bulletin Leicester researchers search for new epoch signalhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-researchers-search-for-new-epoch-signal In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Leicester researchers involved in hunt for 'golden spike' that...