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Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles
Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old...
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British-built satellite launches to map Earth’s forests in 3D for the first time with Leicester expertise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/british-satellite-launches-map-earths-forests-leicester
A satellite developed by British academics and engineers, including expertise from the University of Leicester, is set to become the first in the...
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New species revealed after 25 years of study on ‘inside out’ fossil – and named after discoverer’s mum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/new-species-inside-out-fossil-named-after-mum
Study from University of Leicester describes a new species of fossil that is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved and saw...
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Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/wind-turbine-remains-surprising-fossils-palaeontology
University of Leicester palaeontologists publishing new book on technofossils suggest that wind turbine blades, made from difficult to recycle...
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UK researchers join UN led collaboration to measure methane emissions from Nord Stream Pipeline Leak – largest ever leak of methane recorded
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/nord-stream-methane-1-770
University of Leicester scientists at the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) have contributed to a study of methane emissions from the...
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Discovery of new 430 million-year-old fossils challenges our understanding of ancient molluscs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/punk-emo
Study involving University of Leicester scientist examines ‘exceptionally preserved’ soft tissues in fossils
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A festive flying pterosaur family reunion 150 million years in the making
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/pterosaur-reunion
University of Leicester study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur
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Leicester brings researchers and policymakers together in Westminster
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/institute-policy-launch
The worlds of policymaking and research converged at the official launch of the University of Leicester’s Institute for Policy, held in...
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Antarctica’s irregular heartbeat shows signs of rapid melting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/ice-sheets
Geoscientists led by Universities of Leicester and Southampton create new climate record for early Antarctic ice ages and reveal that the early...
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Institute for Policy launch brings Leicester’s research expertise to the heart of Westminster
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/policy-institute
Solutions to issues in healthcare, justice, climate change and space will be showcased at the official launch of the University of Leicester’s...