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£2.6 million centre to train mineral resources experts for a new generation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/target-minerals-postgraduate
Training and Research Group for Energy Transition Mineral Resources (TARGET) to be led by University of Leicester with universities, research...
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Bizarre new fossils shed light on ancient plankton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/fossils-plankton
Microfossils discovered by University of Leicester scientist date back half a billion years.
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‘Fizzy pop’ process reveals copper-rich volcanoes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/volcano
Identifying magmas that experience the same process that makes fizzy drinks ‘bubbly’ has been used by a team of University of Leicester geologists...
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Core values: the geoscientists searching for climate answers beneath the ocean floor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/hawaii-coral-geoscience
Two geoscientists from the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment are on a voyage to unearth the hidden history within Hawai’ian fossil...
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CGI and the University of Leicester open state of the art Innovation Lab with global vision for sustainability
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/sustainability-innovation-lab-globe
A new Sustainability Innovation Lab and an artwork installed at Space Park Leicester represent the growing collaboration between CGI, the...
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Ig Nobel Prize-winning geologist on why rocks speak in tongues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/ig-nobel-zalasiewicz
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz, Emeritus Professor in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, explains the research that won him an Ig...
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Leicester scientists voyage to Hawai’ian fossil coral reefs to find window into the past and future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/hawaii-expedition-coral
International expedition off the coast of Hawai’i includes researchers from University of Leicester, with the aim of recovering coral reef fossils...
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Three-eyed distant relative of insects and crustaceans reveals amazing detail of early animal evolution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/kylinxia-fossil-scanning
Scientists from the University of Leicester and Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology use cutting edge scanning technology to reconstruct...
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Study finds plastic is changing the behaviour of the world’s river sediment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/catherine-russell
A University of Leicester expert has led a study which has found plastic pollution is changing the way riverbeds behave.
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Ancient climate change solves mystery of vanished South African lakes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/south-africa-lakes
Arid regions of South Africa were once home to lakes, a University of Leicester-led study has confirmed.