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Excitement builds for launch of James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/jwst-launch
MIRI, like much of JWST’s instrumentation, will be protected from the intense radiation of the Sun by a huge five-layer sunshade which will unfold remotely as the telescope journeys to its final destination, around Lagrange point 2 (L2), where the gravitational pull of the...
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Walk with Women (W3)
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/walk-with-women
Our Walk with Women (W3) project celebrated and highlighted our female colleagues in leadership roles in the College of Life Sciences.
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Academics contribute to major project celebrating 80 years of British TV
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/academics-contribute-to-major-project-celebrating-80-years-of-british-tv
Professor Helen Wood and Dr Jilly Boyce Kay from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology have contributed to BBC History’s new archive to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the launch of the first British television service by the BBC.
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UK researchers join UN led collaboration to measure methane emissions from Nord Stream Pipeline Leak – largest ever leak of methane recorded
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/nord-stream-methane-1-770
University of Leicester scientists at the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) have contributed to a study of methane emissions from the Nord Stream subsea pipeline leaks
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University of Leicester scientists capture Neptune’s auroras for first time using JWST
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/neptune-auroras-first-time-jwst
Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under JWST’s powerful gaze, as team led from University of Leicester observed Neptune using JWST’s near-infrared instrument
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Plantings
https://le.ac.uk/100-trees/plantings
Global celebration On 4 October 2021 we marked our 100th Birthday in a celebration which brought together our students, staff, partners, alumni, friends and supporters from all around the world.
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Space scientists reveal secret behind Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/jupiter-energy-crisis
New research published in Nature has revealed the solution to Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’, which has puzzled astronomers for decades.
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University of Leicester expert joins authors of United Nations climate change report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/expert-author-united-nations-climate-change-report
Professor Valerio Lucarini from the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences is one of 664 international experts appointed by UN body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for its Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)
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Leicester cited among global elite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-cited-among-global-elite
The University of Leicester has been cited among the top global universities in the UK. U.S. News has released the third edition of its annual Best Global Universities rankings today to allow comparisons of universities around the world.
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Unheard interview with Sir David Attenborough about life in Leicester part of new University exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/attenborough
A never before heard interview with Sir David Attenborough is featured in a new exhibition that has opened to the public at the University of Leicester).