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• New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/asbestos-cancer-nero-leicester-fennell

  Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos

• Contextualising Captain Scotts Echinoderm Collections at the Natural History Museum

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement/contextualising-captain-scotts-echinoderm-collections-at-the-natural-history-museum

  Captain Scott’s doomed expedition/Eddie Jenkins, MA Museum Studies

• Worlds collide: University of Leicester experts to help upgrade Large Hadron Collider experiment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-experts-upgrade-large-hadron-collider-experiment

  Expertise from Leicester in particle detectors to contribute to next upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, thought to be the first time Leicester scientists are working directly on instrumentation for the world’s largest particle accelerator

• Professor Gerry McCann appointed British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/gerry-mccann-cardiology-bhf

  The University of Leicester is proud to announce that Professor Gerry McCann has been awarded the distinguished title of British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiology,

• Commemorating Samuel Whitbread, 1758-1815

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2015/06/18/commemorating-samuel-whitbread-1758-1815/

  Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on June 18, 2015 ‘I deny the insane proposition that peace is more dangerous than war’: Commemorating Samuel Whitbread, 1758-1815 By E.J.

• Leicester space scientist proves she has what it takes to become an astronaut

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientist-proves-she-has-what-it-takes-to-become-an-astronaut

  Dr Suzie Imber, from the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is a step closer to becoming an astronaut after being crowned the winner of the six-part BBC show ‘Astronauts: Have You Got What It Takes?’ Suzie fought off tough competition from 11 other...

• Solar System samples touch down in Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/25/solar-system-samples-touch-down-in-leicester/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 June 2021 Samples from other worlds will be examined by space scientists at the University of Leicester as we continue to study the building blocks of the Solar System.

• Research reveals solar storms trigger Jupiters Northern Lights

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-reveals-solar-storms-trigger-jupiter2019s-2018northern-lights2019

  Solar storms trigger Jupiter’s intense ‘Northern Lights’ by generating a new X-ray aurora that is eight times brighter than normal and hundreds of times more energetic than Earth’s aurora borealis, finds new research, involving the University of Leicester, using NASA’s...

• Mid-season World Cup should mean less, not more injuries for international stars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/world-cup-blog

  Physiotherapy Lecturer, Dr Seth O’Neill, explains why there might be less World Cup injuries than usual.

• A Week in the World of Waugh

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/07/18/a-week-in-the-world-of-waugh/

  Posted by isabellacaldwell in Waugh and Words on July 18, 2014 David Wilson Library When journeying to Leicester on Monday morning, I was somewhat daunted by the prospect of the future week, a week where I would be experiencing the working life of the research associates...