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Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/planetary-disc-inferno
New simulations led by University of Leicester offer new explanation for star’s 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant planet is burning up very close to its star, suggesting solar systems may have hosted many of such planets that have since ‘evaporated’
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More attention needed on employee involvement to fix Britains productivity problem
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/more-attention-needed-for-the-2018human-factor2019-in-management
A report entitled Involvement and Productivity – The missing piece of the puzzle?’ released this week by the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) argues that effective employee involvement at work is essential to boosting productivity in the UK.
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Opening up the University archives for Heritage Open Days on 19/20 September
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/18-heritage-open-days
As part of Heritage Open Days, England’s largest festival of history and culture, the University of Leicester is opening its archives up to the public with a series of free events on Thursday 19 September and Friday 20 September.
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‘Back to the Future’ study informs new Government report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/31-gov-office-science-foresight-future-mobility-report
A University of Leicester professor has made a major contribution to a new Government report – The Foresight Future of Mobility – being launched today (Thursday 31 January).
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Ground-breaking space technology receives real-life health application
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/29-space-technology
Air quality heat map Air quality heat map 1200|UK Space Agency awards Leicester team £2 million.
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New BHF investment to bolster world-class research at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/03-bhf-accelerator-award-heart-circulatory-diseases
The University of Leicester has received £1 million in funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to strengthen its world-class research into heart and circulatory diseases.
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MedTech worth £1.6 billion to Midlands economy according to new report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/13-medtech
A new report has been launched, which highlights the critical importance of the Medical Technologies (MedTech) sector to the Midlands economy.
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Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles
Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.
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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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Leicester professor receives King’s honour for services to healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/liz-draper
A University of Leicester professor who has devoted her life to research into the health and wellbeing of babies and children has been honoured by the King