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Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/23-enderby-iron-age-bark-shield
A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester, the only one of its kind ever found in Europe.
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Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-uranus-rings-alma-vlt
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977 — and they stand out as surprisingly bright in new heat images of the planet taken by two large telescopes in the high deserts of Chile.
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Messium graduates from ESA-BIC programme, pioneering hyperspectral innovation in agriculture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/messium-esa-bic-programme-hyperspectral-innovation-agriculture
Company using cutting-edge hyperspectral satellite technology in agriculture has been part of prestigious business support programme at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park
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Where do my fees go?
https://le.ac.uk/about/info/facts-figures/where-fees-go
We want to be as open as possible about where your fees go. Undergraduate home students invest £9,250 per year (£9,535 from 2026/27) in their University education and it’s only right that we show how we spend it.
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150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/150-million-year-post-mortem-baby-pterosaurs-storm
University of Leicester scientists have identified two extraordinary new fossils - tiny prehistoric flying reptiles, pterosaurs, with broken wings
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Surnames and the Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/surnames-and-the-y-chromosome
Research Fellow: Dr Turi King - Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain and lead researcher on the Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England project In Britain, we have heritable surnames.
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Study investigates public acceptability for placebos as replacement of unnecessary medicines
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/placebo
The wider use of placebos in primary care to reduce overprescribing, conserve existing antibiotics and limit further resistance, is publicly acceptable new study shows.
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Scientists find clues to tuberculosis progression in gene expression
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/tuberculosis-gene-expression
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute working with collaborators at the University of Leicester have identified how gene expression changes during different stages of tuberculosis (TB), including early after infection before any symptoms are clinically detectable.
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Sharpest Earth-based images of Europa and Ganymede reveal their icy landscape
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/europa-and-ganymede
University of Leicester scientists and European Southern Observatory release new images of Jupiter’s moons taken from a ground-based telescope.
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Nottingham Local Studies Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/11/23/nottingham-local-studies-library/
A page describing the collections from Nottingham Local Studies Library that UOSH has worked with.