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• University of Leicester receives funding to tackle the ‘Missing Element’ in chemistry diversity

  Date: 7 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/chemistry-diversity-student

  £60,000 grant will create a network for undergraduate chemistry students from minority ethnic backgrounds at the University of Leicester and will...

• 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.

• 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...

• Pint of Science festival returns to Leicester

  Date: 19 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/pint-of-science

  Tickets have launched for the world’s largest festival of public science talks, which will see more than 20 scientists take to the stage in venues...

• Battery research project involving Leicester receives fresh investment from Faraday Institution

  Date: 31 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/battery-recycling-faraday

  University of Leicester scientists will lend their expertise to the Recycling and Reuse (ReLiB) project, which will develop, improve and scale...

• Major grant and awards recognition for electronic waste recycling solution

  Date: 3 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/ewaste-award

  An electronic waste-recycling process that’s kinder to the planet – and uses pioneering technology developed at the University of Leicester – has...

• Pioneering technique could unlock targeted treatments for cancer

  Date: 18 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/hdac-cancer

  Leicester researchers have described application of a pioneering chemical technique which could unlock ground-breaking new treatments for cancer...

• Major £1.7m funding to clean up Philippines mineral extraction

  Date: 18 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/promt

  Leicester researchers have been awarded part of a £1.