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• Breakthrough in fuel cell recycling turns ‘forever chemicals’ into renewable resources

  Date: 2 May 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/breakthrough-fuel-cell-recycling-forever-chemicals-renewable

  University of Leicester scientists develop technique using soundwaves to separate materials in fuel cells in seconds

• Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground

  Date: 1 May 2025

  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...

• Award-winning TV space scientist explores Space Park Leicester’s latest innovations

  Date: 7 Apr 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/tv-space-scientist-maggie-space-park-leicester-innovations

  Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Chancellor of the University of Leicester, recently had an exclusive tour of its £100 million science and innovation...

• Zeeko Ltd takes up cutting-edge research lab at Space Park Leicester

  Date: 31 Mar 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/zeeko-research-lab-space-park-leicester

  Leader in ultra-precision polishing technology joins University of Leicester’s prestigious £100 million space research and innovation facility

• New species revealed after 25 years of study on ‘inside out’ fossil – and named after discoverer’s mum

  Date: 27 Mar 2025

  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...

• Astronaut reveals challenges of human spaceflight in exciting workshop

  Date: 25 Mar 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/astronaut-challenges-human-spaceflight-workshop

  Dr Franco Malerba spoke to Physics students from the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy for a Human Spaceflight Workshop at...

• Bake-Off contestant shows science is as easy as pi at University of Leicester

  Date: 24 Mar 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/bake-off-contestant-science-pi

  Science Kitchen hosts 2021 Great British Bake Off semi-finalist Jüergen Krauss for a pie-making workshop

• Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say

  Date: 12 Mar 2025

  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...

• Researcher receives top award for work on meteorites and Martian geology

  Date: 27 Feb 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/researcher-award-meteorites-mars-geology

  PhD student Francesca Willcocks' research has included the Winchcombe meteorite, the exploration of Gale Crater by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and...

• Scientists cook up a green recipe for recycling lithium-ion batteries using vegetable oil

  Date: 24 Feb 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/battery-recycling-lithium-ion-cooking-oil

  Technique developed at University of Leicester enables cheaper and sustainable recycling of battery black mass and could impact lithium-ion...