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Spain-UK collaboration successfully tests hybrid radioisotope and solar power system for planetary exploration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/spain-uk-collaboration-test-hybrid-radioisotope-and-solar-power-system
University of Leicester, University of Oviedo and University of Vigo combine technologies in Spain-UK Collaboration and completed first end-to-end...
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Taking AI to a new REALM: Space Park Leicester team develops service for space-optimised machine learning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/ai-realm-space-optimised-machine-learning
Research by University of Leicester aims to accelerate the adoption of AI in space missions, offering an end-to-end, space-optimised machine...
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Caroline Lucas and ‘The Rest is History’ Podcast headline 2025 Literary Leicester festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/literature-festival-caroline-lucas-rest-is-history
Literary Leicester is the University's free annual literature festival.
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People using Leicester maternity services to benefit from innovative empathy training
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/empathy-training
University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust is collaborating with the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare to build on its culture of...
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Medical initiative and archaeology project scoop prestigious Times Higher Education Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/times-higher-award-winners-2025
Projects at the University of Leicester have been awarded prestigious Times Higher Education Awards
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Space Worms! UK scientists launch microscopic crew into orbit to support future Moon missions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/space-worms-launch-microscopic-moon-missions
A ‘Petri Pod’ designed and built at Space Park Leicester and launched last weekend will allow scientists on Earth led from the University of...
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Leicester academic works with British Police helicopter support unit as part of project to improve patient safety
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-works-with-british-police-helicopter-support-unit-as-part-of-project-to-improve-patient-safety
This year the Director of the Civil Safety and Security Unit within the School of Business, Dr Simon Bennett, has been working with the National...
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Perpetual Atomics and QSA Global achieve breakthrough in americium ceramic fuel pelleting for space power systems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/perpetual-atomics-qsa-global-americium-ceramic-fuel-pelleting
University spin-out works with QSA Global to develop a ceramic americium pellet via an industrially scalable method that can be directly...
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University of Leicester’s new support for parents of babies born premature or requiring neonatal care awarded charter mark
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/employer-with-heart-neonatal-leave
The University of Leicester has been recognised for its support of parents of premature babies and those who required neonatal care with the...
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Charity pays for Gazan medical students to complete their studies with the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/charity-supports-gazan-medical-students-university-leicester
A charity has stepped in to cover the living costs of two medical students displaced from war-torn Gaza, to complete their studies at the...