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• Astrophysicist to visit Kazakhstan to watch astronaut Tim Peake make British space exploration history

  Date: 9 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/astrophysicist-prepares-to-visit-kazakhstan-to-watch-astronaut-tim-peake-make-british-space-exploration-history

  Martin Barstow, University Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Head of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Astrophysics and Space...

• Leicester scientists develop new imaging system for worlds largest gamma ray observatory

  Date: 4 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/leicester-scientists-develop-new-imaging-system-for-world2019s-largest-gamma-ray-observatory

  Richard White (MPIK), Duncan Ross (UoL), Jon Lapington (UoL) Image credit Richard White, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg...

• Energy research at our University set to accelerate following 180M investment

  Date: 25 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/energy-research-at-our-university-set-to-accelerate-following-ps180m-investment

  Our University is set to play a crucial role in the next step towards the transformation of the UK’s energy sector after the Government confirmed...

• Department of Chemistry strengthens links with collaborators in China

  Date: 25 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/department-of-chemistry-strengthens-links-with-collaborators-in-china

  Links between our University and a university in China have been strengthened with a new agreement to encourage the exchange of students and...

• Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050

  Date: 23 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050

  Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of...

• Researcher involved in discovery of tiny star with a monstrous temper

  Date: 19 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/researcher-involved-in-discovery-of-tiny-star-with-a-monstrous-temper

  A tiny star with ‘a monstrous temper’ has been discovered by an international team of researchers, including Dr Sarah Casewell of the Department...

• Oxford Professor to discuss the role of science in human existence

  Date: 13 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-to-discuss-the-role-of-science-in-human-existence

  An Oxford Professor is returning to his alma mater to discuss the great questions of what it means to exist and how science can shed light on the...

• NERC invests 8m into lowcarbon technology research

  Date: 10 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/nerc-invests-ps8m-into-green-energy-technology-research

  NERC is investing just over £8m in research to ensure we have access to elements needed to develop a variety of low-carbon technologies.

• Swift satellite spots its thousandth gamma-ray burst

  Date: 9 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/swift-satellite-spots-its-thousandth-gamma-ray-burst

  Leicester scientists are celebrating the discovery of the 1,000th gamma-ray burst (GRB) by the US/UK/Italian Swift spacecraft.

• New hope for gay communities following Typhoon Haiyan

  Date: 6 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/new-hope-for-gay-communities-following-typhoon-haiyan

  Many LGBT people in Tacloban, Philippines have achieved new-found acceptance in their communities, including a dramatic rise in the number of...