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New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/winchcombe-meteorite
Famous meteorite undergoes scientific analysis, including advanced electron microscopy at University of Leicester, providing insight into the meteorite’s journey through space to Earth
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Lost tombs and quarries rediscovered on British military base in Cyprus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/cyprus-archaeology
University of Leicester Archaeological Services rediscovers 46 sites at the Eastern Sovereign Base Area at Dhekelia, Cyprus, working on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
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Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney on taking a Leicester PhD to NASA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/05/dr-naomi-rowe-gurney-on-taking-a-leicester-phd-to-nasa/
A five-year break in China, a worldwide pandemic, and delays to the most complex space telescope ever built: none of these were enough to stop Naomi Rowe-Gurney breaking new ground to complete her PhD at Leicester and land a dream job with NASA.
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Sharpest Earth-based images of Europa and Ganymede reveal their icy landscape
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/10/11/sharpest-earth-based-images-of-europa-and-ganymede-reveal-their-icy-landscape/
The cocktail of chemicals that make up the frozen surfaces on two of Jupiter's largest moons are revealed in the most detailed images ever taken of them by a telescope on Earth.
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Leicester academic brings attention to a lack of care for women after miscarriage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-brings-attention-to-a-lack-of-care-for-women-after-miscarriage
Dr Corinne Fowler from our School of Arts has recently spoken out about the mistreatment of women and the lack of communication after a miscarriage. In a recent article for the BBC, Corinne bravely discusses the trauma of her own experience, which happened thirteen years ago.
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Diabetes Professors back Jamie Oliver sugar campaign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/diabetes-professors-back-jamie-oliver-sugar-campaign
Two of the country’s leading researchers into Type 2 diabetes have come out in support of Jamie Oliver’s latest health campaign, saying “it’s time to tackle the sugar generation”.
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Theres a Buzz about Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/there2019s-a-buzz-about-leicester
Leicester’s reputation and appeal has been transformed in the past year, says University President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle.
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The Bulletin - Leicester geology students record biggest ever Vardyquake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/the-bulletin-leicester-geology-students-record-biggest-ever-vardyquake
In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear how Leicester geology students discovered that fans at Leicester City's final home game of the season against Everton caused the biggest earth tremors ever recorded at the ground.
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Events archive
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/archive
Browse our archive of past events in the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester.
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Migration and the making of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/migration-making-leicester
Fifty years on from the Ugandan Asians' arrival The expulsion of the Asian population of Uganda in August/September 1972 was a key moment in Leicester’s recent history.