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  • Astronomers discover four new ‘hot Jupiters’

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/hot-jupiters

    An international team of space scientists have discovered four new ‘hot Jupiters’ in our galaxy. University of Leicester PhD researcher Rosanna Tilbrook led and co-authored the study alongside colleagues in the UK, Switzerland, Chile, Germany, the USA and South Africa.

  • Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago

    Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...

  • Study of freelance workers examines link between hours worked and their well-being

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/study-of-freelance-workers-examines-link-between-hours-worked-and-their-well-being

    A new study of freelance workers has discovered key factors that affect their well-being – either making them happier or increasing anxiety and risking depression.

  • Boost to improve the UKs capability in Earth observation to tackle environmental challenges globally

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/boost-to-improve-the-uk2019s-capability-in-earth-observation-to-tackle-environmental-challenges-globally

    Our University is part of a new £2m joint programme which will help to develop innovative technologies to observe Earth from space.

  • Sir David Attenborough highlights destruction of the natural world within a generation

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/sir-david-attenborough-highlights-destruction-of-the-natural-world-within-a-generation

    Renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough opened a new £1.5million galleries wing at Attenborough Arts Centre – the building championed by his late brother Lord Attenborough.

  • Leicester Professor to lead UK Space Science Strategy

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-martin-barstow-uksa

    Professor Martin Barstow has been appointed as Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Science Programme Advisory Committee, leading the UK's approach to Space Science.

  • Leicester researchers provide expertise to world-leading Alzheimer’s prevention study

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/26-world-leading-alzheimers-study

    Study aims to improve the understanding of the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease

  • Literary Festival returns to Leicester

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/literary-leicester

    World-renowned authors will be heading to Leicester for one of the biggest and most diverse literary festivals in the East Midlands, taking place between 23rd – 26th March 2022.

  • New artwork unveiled as part of University’s Centenary celebrations

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/hands-of-freedom

    A pioneering new piece of public artwork by the Leicester-based artist Vishal Joshi has been unveiled today (Saturday) on the University of Leicester’s campus, as part of its Centenary celebrations.

  • War on superbugs

    https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/war-on-superbugs

    For the last twenty years, Martha Clokie, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Leicester, has pioneered research on bacteriophage therapy.

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