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Leicester research aims to tackle overheating in children’s hospital wards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/leicester-research-overheating-childrens-hospital-wards
The University of Leicester is part of a study which aims to reduce the health risks posed by children’s hospital wards heating up due to climate...
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Scholarship set Bea on a path to a promising career in midwifery practice and research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/stoneygate-scholarship-bea-career-midwifery-research
A midwife with ambitions to reach the very top of her profession has credited a scholarship for giving her the springboard to pursue her new career.
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Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-fossils-vertebrates-four-eyes
Study by international team of researchers, including a University of Leicester palaeontologist, examines exquisitely preserved fossils from the...
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Leicester-led issue of prestigious journal collects latest thinking on human impact on biosphere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/prestigious-journal-human-impact-biosphere
University of Leicester Earth scientist guest-edits issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, building on leading role in the...
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Getting stuck into mucus to find new treatments for severe asthma
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/mucus-asthma-study-leicester
Leicester is among an international group of experts in respiratory medicine to receive funding to better understand how mucus is controlled in...
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Christian makes University of Leicester history after graduating from flagship minority ethnic PhD scholarship scheme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/christian-graduating-flagship-minority-ethnic-phd-scholarship
Christian Davis has made history after becoming the first to graduate from the University of Leicester’s pioneering minority ethnic PhD...
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Space research legacy explored in UK Space Agency and DSIT visit to University of Leicester’s space hub
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/uk-space-agency-dsit-visit-space-park
University of Leicester hosted a delegation of senior staff at Space Park Leicester from the UK Space Agency and the Department of Science,...
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Ancient Antarctica reveals a ’one–two punch’ behind ice sheet collapse
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-antarctica-ice-sheet-collapse
University of Leicester geoscientist contributes to study showing impact of ocean warming on ice sheets, using results obtained from expedition to...
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New ‘cloaking device’ concept to shield sensitive tech from magnetic fields
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/cloaking-device-shield-sensitive-technology-magnetic-fields
University of Leicester engineers have developed a design framework for a magnetic cloak designed to hide objects from magnetic fields,...
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Leicester researchers use satellites to tackle landfill methane leaks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/satellites-landfill-methane-leaks
Research team from the School of Physics and Astronomy and Space Park Leicester is testing how space-based technology can help find leaks and then...