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Astrophysicist to visit Kazakhstan to watch astronaut Tim Peake make British space exploration history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/astrophysicist-prepares-to-visit-kazakhstan-to-watch-astronaut-tim-peake-make-british-space-exploration-history
Martin Barstow, University Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Head of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Astrophysics and Space...
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Researchers shed light on why and how Stonehenge was built
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/researchers-shed-light-on-why-and-how-stonehenge-was-built
Excavation of two quarries in Wales by a team of archaeologists and geologists - including Dr Rob Ixer, a researcher with the Department of...
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Leicester scientists develop new imaging system for worlds largest gamma ray observatory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/leicester-scientists-develop-new-imaging-system-for-world2019s-largest-gamma-ray-observatory
Richard White (MPIK), Duncan Ross (UoL), Jon Lapington (UoL) Image credit Richard White, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg...
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Energy research at our University set to accelerate following 180M investment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/energy-research-at-our-university-set-to-accelerate-following-ps180m-investment
Our University is set to play a crucial role in the next step towards the transformation of the UK’s energy sector after the Government confirmed...
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Department of Chemistry strengthens links with collaborators in China
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/department-of-chemistry-strengthens-links-with-collaborators-in-china
Links between our University and a university in China have been strengthened with a new agreement to encourage the exchange of students and...
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Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050
Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of...
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Researcher involved in discovery of tiny star with a monstrous temper
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/researcher-involved-in-discovery-of-tiny-star-with-a-monstrous-temper
A tiny star with ‘a monstrous temper’ has been discovered by an international team of researchers, including Dr Sarah Casewell of the Department...
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Petrophysicist joins ocean drilling research project investigating the origins of life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/petrophysicist-joins-ocean-drilling-research-project-investigating-the-origins-of-life
On 26 October 2015, the RSS James Cook (pictured) set sail from Southampton on route to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Oxford Professor to discuss the role of science in human existence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-to-discuss-the-role-of-science-in-human-existence
An Oxford Professor is returning to his alma mater to discuss the great questions of what it means to exist and how science can shed light on the...
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NERC invests 8m into lowcarbon technology research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/nerc-invests-ps8m-into-green-energy-technology-research
NERC is investing just over £8m in research to ensure we have access to elements needed to develop a variety of low-carbon technologies.