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• University of Leicester named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities

  Date: 17 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-worlds-most-sustainable-university-ui-greenmetric

  UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018 places the University of Leicester 35th in the world and 9th in the UK for sustainability.

• Research to improve welding process for manufacturing industries

  Date: 16 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/16-welding-improvement

  New research, led by the University of Leicester, will optimise the welding and additive and manufacturing process.

• Year in review: January - June

  Date: 27 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/27-year-in-review-jan

  From digital innovations and sporting triumphs to sharing our research on a global stage, 2018 has been full of many highlights for the University.

• Calculations reveal Santa travels at 0.5% the speed of light

  Date: 21 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-calculations-reveal-how-quickly-santa-travels

  University of Leicester students have worked out just how fast Santa Claus has to travel to deliver all of his presents on time On Christmas Eve...

• University of Leicester announces winners of Images of Research competition

  Date: 20 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/20-winners-images-research-competition

  Four prizes were awarded at this year’s exhibition and competition A moment of reflection and calm belying a dark truth, a juxtaposition of hope...

• Planetary astronomers identify cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter’s equator

  Date: 19 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-planetary-astronomers-identify-cycle-spectacular-disturbances-jupiters-equator

  Scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory predict next parting of Jupiter’s veil of clouds for 2019 A regular...

• Deck the halls with Christmas lights all the way to space

  Date: 18 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/18-deck-halls-christmas-lights-space

  University of Leicester students have calculated how many Christmas lights are needed to decorate a house to be visible from space.

• Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene

  Date: 12 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-chickens-to-mark-anthropocene

  Consumption of chickens signals new geological epoch according to research led by the University of Leicester Modern meat chickens are a defining...

• New honorary professor appointed to Department of Physics and Astronomy

  Date: 6 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-dr-chris-mutlow-honorary-professor-physics-astronomy

  The University of Leicester’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Leicester Institute of Space and Earth Observation (LISEO) are pleased...

• ExoMars landing site revealed

  Date: 19 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-exomars-update

  The landing site for the ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) mission to search for evidence of life on Mars was chosen earlier this month in a meeting...