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• AI used in battle against asbestos-linked cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/mesothelioma

  International genomics research led by the University of Leicester has used artificial intelligence (AI) to study an aggressive form of cancer, which could improve patient outcomes.

• Leicester satellite experts to help farmers improve fertiliser applications

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-satellite-experts-to-help-farmers-improve-fertiliser-applications

  Agronomists and farmers could be set to benefit from a partnership between University researchers and Precise Crop Nutrition Ltd (PCNL).

• National Student Survey reveals rise for Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/national-student-survey-reveals-rise-for-leicester

  Efforts made by the University of Leicester to enhance the student experience in response to student feedback has led to its overall student satisfaction rising to 88%, the results of the latest National Student Survey reveal today.

• Video competition to help Brazil solve resources problems

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-involved-in-competition-to-help-brazil-solve-resources-problems

  Children and young people can play their part in helping to secure future supplies of food, water and energy in Brazil with the launch of an exciting new global video competition.

• Aircraft keep tabs on the Amazons rising methane levels

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/greenhouse-gas-monitoring-aircraft-keep-tabs-on-the-amazon2019s-rising-methane-levels

  Research led by the National Centre of Earth Observation is going to new heights in the atmosphere to get a better handle on methane emitted from wetlands in the Amazon.

• Leicester to host national summit focusing on adult learning

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-to-host-national-summit-focusing-on-adult-learning

  On 25 November the University will host a special one-day national summit on widening access, retention and success for mature learners in higher education. The summit is being organised by NEON, the professional body for widening access and social mobility.

• New observations reveal Jupiters Great Red Spot as mysterious energy source

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-observations-reveal-jupiter2019s-great-red-spot-as-mysterious-energy-source

  Researchers from the University of Leicester and Boston University’s (BU) Center for Space Physics report today in Nature that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may provide the mysterious source of energy required to heat the planet’s upper atmosphere to the unusually high values...

• Could female traders reduce market crashes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/could-female-traders-reduce-market-crashes

  Researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Leicester have shown that increasing the proportion of female traders makes the market more volatile, but at the same time can reduce the occurrence of the most extreme crashes.

• Leicester’s sustainability praised in new guide

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/10-sustainability-guide-living-labs

  The University of Leicester's Living Labs approach has been showcased as an example of good practice in a guide from the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) and the National Union of Students.

• Work begins to transform Freemen’s Common

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-work-begins-freemens-common

  Freemens A group of people on a construction site posing for a photo|The transformation of the Freemen’s Common area, at the University of Leicester, began today with a ground breaking ceremony.