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University of Leicester champions role of humanities in space sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/humanising-space
A pioneering series of seminars showcasing humanities, social science and arts research within the space sector will be hosted by the University...
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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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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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New Saturn images show a change of seasons – and a last glimpse of its huge, warm polar vortex
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/saturn-autumn-images
New observations of Saturn by University of Leicester planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the famous ringed planet
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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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Spaceport voyage inspires University of Leicester’s ‘galactic scholars’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/virgin-galactic-scholarships
University of Leicester physics students travel to Spaceport America, the home of Virgin Galactic in New Mexico supported by a Galactic Unite...
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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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Explore new worlds with Leicester space scientists at National Space Centre’s UK in Space Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/space-festival-nsc
University of Leicester researchers will join experts at a National Space Centre event for space enthusiasts of all ages.
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Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/planetary-disc-inferno
New simulations led by University of Leicester offer new explanation for star’s 85-year flare.