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Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/animal-magnetic
A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a...
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Ambitious new UK project to transform human disease modelling
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/cancer-therapies-leicester-research-models
A major new initiative involving University of Leicester experts aims to redefine human-based research models for greater understanding of disease...
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Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series for spring 2017 announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/professorial-inaugural-lecture-series-for-spring-2017-announced
The University's Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series, which allow all new professors the opportunity to share their cutting-edge research with...
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Learn some showstopper science with Bake Off stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/josh-webinar
Dr Josh Smalley is joined by 2022 Great British Bake Off winner Dr Syabira Yusoff for an online event on 11 February that will explore the science...
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Scientists investigate if red grape chemical can keep bowel cancer at bay
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/karen-brown
Trial led by University of Leicester scientists is giving participants resveratrol as a potential prevention drug for bowel cancer.
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‘Worms in space’ experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/worms-space-experiment-biological-effects-spaceflight
Universities of Leicester and Exeter collaborate on mission to send nematode worms to the International Space Station in a ‘Petri Pod’ designed...
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UK medical sciences would have to scale back ambition if we became isolated from the European Union says academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/uk-medical-sciences-would-have-to-2018scale-back-ambition2019-if-we-became-isolated-from-the-european-union-says-academic
UK medical sciences may have to ‘scale back its ambition’ if Britain leaves the European Union, according to Professor Andrew Tobin...
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Research shows new way lungs respond in asthma attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-shows-new-way-lungs-respond-in-asthma-attacks
A team led by Professor Andrew Tobin (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology) and Dr Yassine Amrani (Department of Infection, Immunity and...
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150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/150-million-year-post-mortem-baby-pterosaurs-storm
University of Leicester scientists have identified two extraordinary new fossils - tiny prehistoric flying reptiles, pterosaurs, with broken wings
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Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm
A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility