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Leicester geologist contributes to major project examining the technosphere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-geologist-contributes-to-major-project-examining-the-2018technosphere2019
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz from our Department of Geology is working with artist Anne-Sophie Milon on a new project examining the ‘technosphere’ and what impact it will leave behind on the planet’s fossil record.
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Leicester signs up to the Turing University Network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/turing
The University of Leicester’s research in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence has been given a boost by the news it has become one of 29 new members of the Alan Turing Institute’s university network.
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University of Leicester champions role of humanities in space sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/humanising-space
A pioneering series of seminars showcasing humanities, social science and arts research within the space sector will be hosted by the University of Leicester.
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Treatment for frail heart patients improves survival rates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/revascularisation
A new study, led by the University of Leicester, shows that heart patients treated with revascularisation have better survival rates, even with a high risk of frailty.
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£1.4 million grant to help advance research into the causes of heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/heart-disease
University of Leicester researchers have been awarded a £1.4 million grant to continue their work to detect and prevent heart failure in those living with type 2 diabetes
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Swirlonic super particles baffle physicists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/swirlonic
In recent years, active, self-propelled particles have received growing interest amongst the scientific community. Examples of active particles and their systems are numerous and very diverse, ranging from bacterium films to flocks of birds or human crowds.
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World on verge of extreme weather ‘tipping point’ warn Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/extreme-weather
Surface Temperature Research Group at University of Leicester gives warning in light of reports of record temperatures in 2023.
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Research aims to improve sleep for people with dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dementia-sleep
Leicester expertise in behavioural science will feed into a research programme helping to find new ways of supporting people with dementia who experience problems with sleep. Across the world, around 55 million people have dementia. Up to 90% of them experience problems sleeping.
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Agreement opens a new route for Canada students to study law in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/humber
The University of Leicester has strengthened its Canadian connections after signing an agreement with Toronto’s Humber Polytechnic.
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River research reveals scale of macroplastic pollution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/river-plastic
Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Leicester shows.