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Our world is a work in progress
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/research-world-in-progress
We are proud to launch a new campaign to showcase just a snapshot of the world-changing research that has taken place at our University in recent years.
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The closed prison and the memory of anywhere-but-here
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/03/21/the-closed-prison-and-the-memory-of-everywhere-but-here/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on March 21, 2016 The prison of the wolvenplein (Wolves Square), located in the city centre of Utrecht (The Netherlands), closed down in June 2014 as part of the budget cuts that have also affected the prison administration.
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Hunting the silent killer
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/detecting-cancer
Professor Jacqui Shaw is leading research into new ways of detecting and monitoring cancer through the development of liquid biopsies or blood based tests.
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In Search of Nancy – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/01/20/insearchofnancy/
Research Associate Barbara Cooke's first trip to the Evelyn Waugh Archive, Somerset, in November 2013.
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Better peatland management could cut half a billion tonnes of carbon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/peatland-emissions-nature
However, because large populations rely on these peatlands for their livelihoods, it may not be realistic to expect all agricultural peatlands to be fully returned to their natural condition in the near future.
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Long Covid researchers reflect on the PHOSP-COVID study 5 years on, ahead of Long Covid Awareness Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/long-covid-awareness-day-phosp
A study team from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) have been reflecting on their world leading research into Long Covid ahead of International Long Covid Awareness Day on Saturday, March 15 2025.
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Leicester researchers analyse consequences of China space weapon test
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/china-fobs
University of Leicester experts in the military uses of outer space have urged further international dialogue and ‘cool heads’ following flight tests of a new Chinese hypersonic missile system.
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Neptune is cooler than we thought: Study reveals unexpected changes in atmospheric temperatures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/neptune-temperature
Yet, at Neptune’s south pole, the data reveal a different and surprisingly dramatic change.
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A new annual journal: Museum Worlds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/10/28/a-new-annual-journal-museum-worlds/
Posted by Sandra Dudley in School of Museum Studies Blog on October 28, 2013 Excitingly, a new journal appeared in the world of museum studies this summer.
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Solid Earth
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth
Solid Earth research at Leicester concerns all aspects of the structure, composition and dynamics of the solid earth, including volcanoes, tectonics, geophysics, igneous and metamorphic geochemistry and mineral resources (which includes the Centre for Sustainable Resource...