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• Fossil study sheds light on ancient water-to-land transition

  Date: 6 Dec 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/ostracod

  Palaeobiologists have uncovered the earliest evidence of a major group of marine animals making the transition to estuaries, more than 400 million...

• Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event

  Date: 24 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics

  New research has shed light on a sudden cooling event 34 million years ago, which contributed to formation of the Antarctic ice sheets.

• Major £1.7m funding to clean up Philippines mineral extraction

  Date: 18 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/promt

  Leicester researchers have been awarded part of a £1.

• Research reveals earliest evidence yet of huge hippos in Britain

  Date: 4 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/hippo-fossil

  Palaeobiologists have unearthed the earliest evidence yet of hippos in the UK.

• Sea levels influence eruptions on Santorini

  Date: 2 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/santorini

  The rise and fall of sea levels influence the likelihood of volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini, new research published in Nature...

• New approach will help identify drugs that can ‘glue’ proteins together

  Date: 7 Jul 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/glue-proteins

  A new screening method that can test the effectiveness of therapeutic molecules designed to ‘glue’ proteins together in the body has been...

• Leicester expert leads ground breaking invention on battery recycling

  Date: 29 Jun 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/battery-recycling

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a new method to recycle electric vehicle batteries using a ground-breaking new approach...

• Unprecedented energy consumption is leaving a permanent stain on planetary history

  Date: 4 Nov 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/anthropocene

  A new study co-authored by three professors at the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment argues that the...

• Pterosaurs undergo dental examination to reveal clues about diets and lifestyles

  Date: 28 Oct 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/pterosaur-ecology

  Microscopic analysis of the teeth of pterosaurs has revealed new insights into the diets and behaviours of Earth’s earliest flying reptiles.

• Leicester scientists discover precious metals in Mordor

  Date: 5 Oct 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/mordor

  Two geologists from the University of Leicester have found gold, along with copper, tellurium and other metals in a geological locality in...