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University of Leicester receives share of £34m BHF investment to help safeguard UK’s world-class research status
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/05-british-heart-foundation-funding-research
abstract image showing heart disease research|Funding will focus on strengthening research into precision medicine.
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Leicester researchers to evaluate training for health and adult social care staff in England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/oliver-mcgowan
Researchers from the University of Leicester are to investigate whether the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, introduced for health and adult social care staff following the death of autistic teenager Oliver McGowan is meeting the needs of people with a learning disability...
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Goal 15: Life on Land
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/life-on-land
The fifteenth Sustainable Development Goal is to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
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AI tool for breast cancer patients following surgery will be trialled later this year.
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/artificial-intelligence
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Leicester, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict which breast cancer patients may be at risk of side effects after surgery and radiotherapy.
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Top 5 Leicester projects for a greener future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/top-5-sustainable-projects
The G7 Summit gets underway in Cornwall today (Friday), where world leaders will gather to tackle global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic greener, more prosperous future.
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Leicester alumni boost research into student vaccine uptake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/alumni-covid-funding
Research focused on improving vaccine uptake in university students has been given a boost this week after the University of Leicester’s Alumni Association Committee made a generous donation of £5,000 to the University’s Vice-Chancellor Nishan Canagarajah on Monday 21st...
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Leicester combines expertise with NASA to power spacecraft into new frontiers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/rhu-stirling-1-770
University of Leicester signs International Space Act Agreement with NASA to support collaboration between Space Park Leicester and NASA’s Glenn Research Center on a novel Radioisotope Power System design and laboratory test campaign
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New approach provides potential vaccine and treatment for Alzheimer’s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/tapas
A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease – and also vaccinate against it – has been developed by a team of UK and German scientists.
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Space Park Leicester named as a UK ‘centre for excellence’ for future growth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/space-park-future-growth
A new report by the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) has identified Space Park Leicester, the landmark national initiative being developed by the University of Leicester in collaboration with local, national and international partners, as the UK centre of...
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Leicester scientists discover ‘Star Wars’ planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/leicester-scientists-discover-star-wars-planet
Scientists from the University of Leicester has revealed for the first time that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings - similar to the planet Tatooine in Star Wars.