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  • 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

    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.

  • New observations reveal Jupiters 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...

  • Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens

    The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.

  • Leicester shaking up the Premier League

    Leicester City Football Club has been making a big impact on the Premier League this season, and their success is sending shockwaves, quite literally, through the city of Leicester.

  • 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.

  • Blood suckers fluid dynamics explain how quickly a vampire could drain your blood

    Throughout human history there have been tales of vampires – bloodsucking creatures of folklore that prey on their victims by draining their life essence, usually via the blood.

  • Expert opinions cover salmonella Trump Chancellor Philip Hammond Juno and support for new mothers

    Dr Primrose Freestone from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has written an article for The Conversation discussing new research into how juices released from the cut-ends of the salad leaves enable Salmonella to grow.

  • Research finds no association between weekend staffing levels and patient mortality

    New research involving researchers from our University has found no association between weekend senior doctor staffing levels and mortality, questioning whether increasing senior doctor weekend working would impact mortality rates.

  • Why tens of thousands of people are being forced out of their homes

    A new study into the effects of gentrification is to be investigated by a University of Leicester social scientist.

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