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• Scientists pour cold water on claim British rivers are ‘cleanest since Industrial Revolution’

  Date: 12 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/river-water-quality

  Scientists and charities have poured cold water on recent claims that water quality in British rivers is “better than at any time since the end of...

• Researchers create ‘Covid computer’ to speed up diagnosis

  Date: 1 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/covid-computers

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have created a new AI tool that can detect Covid-19.

• Carbon Keepers project to create new carbon credits for farmers and landowners

  Date: 23 Jun 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/carbon-keepers

  Carbon Keepers, a green tech start-up, has signed up to the national SPRINT (Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business...

• The Cosmic Oasis: Leicester environment experts explore Earth’s biosphere in new popular science book

  Date: 20 Jun 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/cosmic-oasis

  Environment experts from the University of Leicester will explore human impact on our planet’s delicate biosphere in a new book.

• New robot to detect Parkinson’s disease could be used on humans in the next 5 years

  Date: 7 Jun 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/parkinsons-robot

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have created the world’s first artificial intelligence system capable of detecting Parkinson’s disease.

• Environment scientists close in on ‘golden spike’ to define Anthropocene

  Date: 18 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/anthropocene-berlin

  Leicester researchers searching for a ‘golden spike’ to formally define humanity’s current geological period – and acknowledge human impact on our...

• James Webb Space Telescope’s coolest instrument captures first star

  Date: 28 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-first-image

  The UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), has now opened its eye to the sky.

• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  Date: 15 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

  An international team of environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the...

• Leicester space scientists celebrate milestone moment for James Webb Space Telescope

  Date: 14 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-cooldown

  The cooling down of the UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope has been hailed as a milestone moment by its creators at the...

• Leading steel technology specialists discuss why decarbonising the industry is vital for climate change

  Date: 5 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/decarbonising-steel-industry

  Government advisor and world-leading steel technology specialists to discuss why decarbonising the steel industry is vital for climate change