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• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Chemistry researcher joins next series of Great British Bake Off

  Date: 19 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/joshua-smalley-bake-off

  Dr Joshua Smalley is to be a contestant on the next series of the Great British Bake Off.

• New Saturn images show a change of seasons – and a last glimpse of its huge, warm polar vortex

  Date: 12 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/saturn-autumn-images

  New observations of Saturn by University of Leicester planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the famous ringed planet

• Atelier Labs wins Falling Walls Engage 2023

  Date: 18 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/falling-walls-engage

  A project using art to empower young people with SEND to become researchers wins in the Science Engagement category of the international Falling...

• Samworth Foundation provides £1.5m boost for robotic-assisted surgery at Leicester’s hospitals

  Date: 18 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/samworth

  The number of cancer patients who can benefit from pioneering robot-assisted surgery is set to quadruple thanks to a £1.

• Spaceport voyage inspires University of Leicester’s ‘galactic scholars’

  Date: 9 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/virgin-galactic-scholarships

  University of Leicester physics students travel to Spaceport America, the home of Virgin Galactic in New Mexico supported by a Galactic Unite...

• Explore new worlds with Leicester space scientists at National Space Centre’s UK in Space Festival

  Date: 26 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/space-festival-nsc

  University of Leicester researchers will join experts at a National Space Centre event for space enthusiasts of all ages.