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• Excitement builds for launch of James Webb Space Telescope

  Date: 16 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/jwst-launch

  Space scientists from across the globe are counting down to the launch of the most advanced observatory ever built.

• 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.

• Leicester scholars co-host international workshop to tackle SDGs

  Date: 11 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/metals-workshop-sdgs

  Engineering students and materials researchers based at the University of Leicester have joined forces with peers in China to help tackle two of...

• 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...

• Material researchers awarded £18.3 million to create technical ceramics of the future

  Date: 22 Jul 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/advanced-ceramics

  Advanced materials specialists at the University of Leicester have been awarded part of an £18.

• F1 tech put to use in Leicester’s Hospitals

  Date: 11 Jun 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/mediccom-f1

  A pioneeing new device to help doctors and nurses communicate clearly whilst wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) has been developed and...

• Santander scholar on path to career in STEM

  Date: 12 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/stemships

  An engineer at the University of Leicester has become one of the first beneficiaries of a scheme designed to enhance opportunities for women in STEM.

• Virtual clinical trials could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/in-silico-lung

  New cutting-edge research undertaken at the University of Leicester could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed and the way patients are...

• Engineer creates open-source ventilator for COVID-19 patients

  Date: 15 Dec 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/ventilator

  A University of Leicester-based engineer has created an innovative new ventilator designed to help COVID-19 patients.

• 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...