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Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth
A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly from birth.
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Home to Joe Orton and Sue Townsend collections receives national accreditation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/archive
An archive service which holds the collections of Leicester literary greats, Joe Orton and Sue Townsend, has received approval from The National Archives.
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New book imagines society based on animal rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/animal-rights-book
What are Animal Rights For? has been published by University of Leicester politics expert Dr Steve Cooke, explaining the nature, function, purpose, and limitations of animal rights for a public audience.
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Future 50: Leicester seeks next generation of world-changing researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/f50-campaign
The University is inviting applications for 50 funded doctoral opportunities
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Aubrey Newman lecture series
https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/events/aubrey-newman
Learn more about the annual Aubrey Newman lecture series, initiated in 2006 to honour Professor Aubrey Newman, founder of the Stanley Burton Centre in 1992.
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/about-us
Learn more about how the diverse collections at the Botanic Garden and the Attenborough Arboretum supports teaching and research at the University of Leicester.
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Financial markets and the appliance of science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/financial-markets-and-the-appliance-of-science
A new study that brings together the disparate fields of physics and finance to provide unique insights into financial markets has been co-authored by a University of Leicester researcher.
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University buildings renamed after English Premier League Champions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-buildings-renamed-after-english-premier-league-champions
For one day only our University will rename its buildings after the Leicester City Football squad in celebration of their remarkable Premier League success and to show its support on the day of the team’s victory parade.
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Expert discusses Salisbury nerve agent poisoning and threat of cyber-attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/expert-discusses-salisbury-nerve-agent-poisoning-and-threat-of-cyber-attacks
Dr Rob Dover from our School of History, Politics and International Relations was recently interviewed by US show Knowledge@Wharton about the Salisbury nerve agent poisoning and the threat of potential cyber-attacks.
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Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scholars-discuss-the-formalisation-and-implications-of-the-anthropocene
Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene| The Anthropocene Working Group holds meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Humans have had a large impact on Earth.