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• Leicester welcomes its world-changing Future 50 researchers

  Date: 5 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/future-50-research-students

  The next generation of world-changing researchers was given a warm welcome by the University of Leicester this week.

• £1.5m funding to create ‘Digital Twin’ model to reduce methane emissions

  Date: 4 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/methane-tropical-wetlands

  A ‘Digital Twin’ for methane emissions from tropical wetlands will be supported by funding to Dr Robert Parker from the University of Leicester...

• University of Leicester receives funding to tackle the ‘Missing Element’ in chemistry diversity

  Date: 7 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/chemistry-diversity-student

  £60,000 grant will create a network for undergraduate chemistry students from minority ethnic backgrounds at the University of Leicester and will...

• Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds

  Date: 26 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/uranus-aurora

  University of Leicester astronomers confirm the existence of an infrared (IR) aurora on Uranus, providing insights into how magnetic field on ice...

• Bizarre new fossils shed light on ancient plankton

  Date: 25 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/fossils-plankton

  Microfossils discovered by University of Leicester scientist date back half a billion years.

• ‘Fizzy pop’ process reveals copper-rich volcanoes

  Date: 20 Oct 2023

  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...

• University of Leicester champions role of humanities in space sector

  Date: 12 Oct 2023

  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...

• Core values: the geoscientists searching for climate answers beneath the ocean floor

  Date: 10 Oct 2023

  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...

• Toxic formaldehyde’s dual nature to be probed with new chemical tool

  Date: 28 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/formaldehyde-cancer-tool

  University of Leicester chemistry researchers have developed new compounds to better study formaldehyde

• Researchers make sand that flows uphill

  Date: 28 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sand-microrollers

  Paper published in 'Nature Communications' details how applying magnetic forces to individual 'microroller' particles spurs collective motion—with...