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Tradition meets AI as Leicester scientists help tackle Amazonian biodiversity crisis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tradition-ai-leicester-scientists-amazonian-biodiversity-crisis
Scientists led by University of Leicester working with universities in Brazil will support traditional communities to monitor biodiversity in the Amazon, developing an AI toolkit to catalogue local knowledge and understanding
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Innovative UK-led space technology takes off on BepiColombo mission to Mercury
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/18-bepicolombo
BepiColombo MIXS Instrument - Mission to Mercury -t0H3nz_nkI MIXS instrument The MIXS instrument 700|With £6.
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Keeping our community safe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/keeping-our-community-safe
University of Leicester has set out the plans it has put in place to protect students, staff and the community against the risks of COVID-19 infection.
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New research can help policymakers prioritise funding needs and allocate resource for cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sped
Results from the largest ever review of clinical trials in cancer screening, prevention, and early detection (SPED) have been published
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Leicester academics receive cash boost for pioneering international space partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/bahrain-bilateral-fund
The University of Leicester and Geospatial Insight will receive up to £75,000 to support work on carbon mapping sensors for monitoring greenhouse gas emission management programmes in Bahrain and the wider Gulf region.
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Sweet genes – not sweet dreams - could explain why a bad night’s sleep makes you older
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/sleep
New funding support to research teams at University of Leicester to study sleep’s effects on ageing epigenetics Changes to our DNA occur as we get older and could be affected by sleep disturbance Scientists aim to find out whether this epigenetic clock plays a...
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Royal Society Summer Science festival set to inspire next generation of space scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/exploring-mars
Space experts from the University of Leicester will look to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers with a series of live events exploring Mars as part of The Royal Society’s Summer Science festival.
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Difficult Conversations: Mayor of Leicester to join expert panel to discuss making cities greener
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/cities-future
The Mayor of Leicester will join a public Q&A alongside University of Leicester experts to explore the relationship between cities and nature.
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Leicester space scientists celebrate milestone moment for James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-cooldown
The cooling down of the UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope has been hailed as a milestone moment by its creators at the University of Leicester.
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University Vice-Chancellor honoured to switch on Leicester’s Diwali lights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/diwali
The University of Leicester’s Vice-Chancellor will be lighting up Leicester’s world-famous Diwali celebrations.