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• Ig Nobel Prize-winning geologist on why rocks speak in tongues

  Date: 18 Sep 2023

  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...

• Leicester scientists voyage to Hawai’ian fossil coral reefs to find window into the past and future

  Date: 30 Aug 2023

  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...

• Three-eyed distant relative of insects and crustaceans reveals amazing detail of early animal evolution

  Date: 29 Aug 2023

  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...

• Study finds plastic is changing the behaviour of the world’s river sediment

  Date: 25 Jul 2023

  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.

• Leicester researchers contribute to House of Lords report on light and noise pollution

  Date: 21 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/house-of-lords

  Leicester researchers contribute to House of Lords report on light and noise pollution

• University of Leicester developing piloting system for potential first AI space pilot

  Date: 22 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/ai-space-pilot

  Computer scientist receive £ 34,846 funding from UK Space Agency for spacecraft piloting system using artificial intelligence, the AI Guidance,...

• AI scientists spark interest at largest school-based STEM fair

  Date: 20 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/bright-sparks

  The DriverLeics team was among exhibitors at the Bright Sparks STEM Fair, demonstrating an interactive robot dog, an AI system that identifies...

• UK’s AI ‘twin’ will use big data to show the way to net zero

  Date: 14 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/ai-twin-net-zero

  New research project at University of Leicester will use artificial intelligence to inform more environmentally-friendly land use in the UK, and...

• Ancient climate change solves mystery of vanished South African lakes

  Date: 17 May 2023

  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.

• Satellite data reveals source of increased global atmospheric methane between 2020-2021

  Date: 27 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/satellite-data-methane

  New research into the causes of the unprecedented increase in global atmospheric methane in 2020 and 2021 uses data from the National Centre for...