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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/winchcombe-meteorite
Famous meteorite undergoes scientific analysis, including advanced electron microscopy at University of Leicester, providing insight into the meteorite’s journey through space to Earth
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University of Leicester launches course to tackle UK’s pharmacist shortage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/pharmacy-course-launched
The University of Leicester is set to train the next generation of pharmacists to address challenges in the National Health Service.
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 5
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/5/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Security and Rule of Law in Post-Conflict States
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr7582
Module code: CR7582 This module addresses core post-conflict security and justice issues and provides an overview of key stakeholders involved in providing and maintaining security and the rule of law in countries emerging from conflict.
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Preserving the grave
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/preserving-the-grave
One problem faced by the team was, how best to preserve the grave for posterity. Under normal circumstances, the best protection is to carefully cover the archaeology with a protective membrane and rebury it.
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Oral history recordings from Gay Christian activists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/04/oral-history-recordings-from-gay-christian-activists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2023 From LSE digital library, this series includes the recordings of interviews with pioneering Gay Christian activists, advocates and allies, carried out as part of an heritage project...
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Women like that: lesbian and gay history
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/women-like-that-lesbian-and-gay-history/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 Jane Traies, who is based at the University of Surrey, is pioneering research on the lives of older lesbians in the UK.
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Phage film receives UK debut at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/salt-in-my-soul-screening
Diane Shader Smith, an author in her own right and editor of Mallory’s posthumous book Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life which inspired the film, said: “Mallory didn’t have to die. We call it a preventable tragedy.
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New approach provides potential vaccine and treatment for Alzheimer’s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/tapas
A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease – and also vaccinate against it – has been developed by a team of UK and German scientists.