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Remote Sensing of Land Surface
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/earth-observation-science/remote-sensing-of-land-surface
The Surface Temperature Group at Leicester has a strong heritage in leading space research with the European Space Agency, and the European Commission.
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38m super lightweight mirror chosen for ChineseFrench space mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/ps3-8m-super-lightweight-mirror-chosen-for-chinese-french-space-mission
The University has announced the signature of a contract to develop an innovative new type of X-ray mirror for a telescope to be flown on an orbiting observatory to be launched in 2021.
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MRC scientist at Leicester provides expert view
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/mrc-scientist-at-leicester-provides-expert-view
A scientist based at our University has provided expert reaction to alternative for animals during toxicity testing.
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Local charity donates equipment to diabetes centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/local-charity-donates-equipment-to-diabetes-centre
A charity has donated a state-of-the-art treadmill to the Leicester Diabetes Research centre to help progress research into the condition.
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University geneticist warns of pseudoscience in industries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-geneticist-warns-of-2018pseudoscience2019-in-industries
A University scientist has joined leading scientists from across Europe in raising an alarm over the ‘pseudoscience’ concerning regulation of compounds used in agriculture, healthcare and industry.
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New videos help mark 50th anniversary of Department of Media and Communication
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-videos-help-mark-50th-anniversary-of-department-of-media-and-communication
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the University's Centre for Mass Communication Research – the first Centre of its kind studying mass communication and birthplace of the UK’s first media and communications Master’s degree.
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University of Leicester thrilled and delighted at Glenfield decision
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-2018thrilled-and-delighted2019-at-glenfield-decision
The University of Leicester is a partner of Leicester’s Hospitals and has campaigned to prevent the decommissioning of heart services at the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (EMCHC).
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Research reveals new insights into solidification cracking during welding of steel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-reveals-new-insights-into-solidification-cracking-during-welding-of-steel
New research led by our University has made a novel breakthrough in understanding how solidification cracking occurs during the welding of steel, an important engineering alloy.
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Centre for Medicine receives international science accolade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/centre-for-medicine-receives-international-science-accolade
Our innovative Centre for Medicine building can add another award to its list of honours as it scooped a prestigious international award at the S-Lab Awards 2017 last week.
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Materials Chemist Awarded Prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/materials-chemist-awarded-prestigious-marie-curie-fellowship
The Materials Centre has recently welcomed Dr Rodolfo Marin Rivera, who has been granted a Marie Curie Individual fellowship to carry out research in the field of process engineering for sustainable recovery of valuable metals by ELECTRO-IONometallurgy.