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• New Alzheimers Advance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-alzheimer2019s-advance

  Work done at Leicester has helped to identify a new drug target for not only improving symptoms of brain degeneration – but also to extend the life-span of the terminally ill mice.

• Deck the halls with Christmas lights all the way to space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/18-deck-halls-christmas-lights-space

  A house illuminated with Christmas lights|University of Leicester students have calculated how many Christmas lights are needed to decorate a house to be visible from space.

• Most distant detection of a black hole swallowing a star

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/black-hole-swallowing-star

  A University of Leicester astronomer has led an international team that determined the distance of the furthest black hole consuming a star detected to date.

• Attenborough Arts Centre secures diverse leadership funding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/attenborough-arts-centre-secures-diverse-leadership-funding

  Arts Council England is investing £100,000 to support the Attenborough Arts Centre to host a training placement for artist and producer Gurdeep Sian with a bursary.

• Bizarre new fossils shed light on ancient plankton

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/fossils-plankton

  Microfossils discovered by University of Leicester scientist date back half a billion years. Resembling modern-day algae, they provide insight into early life in our oceans.

• Dr Kees Straatman

  https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/contact/kees-straatman

  Learn more about the manager of the Advanced Imaging Facility in the Core Biotechnology Services, Dr Kees Straatman.

• Richard III Geneticist leads DNA search to identify the man who shaped early America

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/richard-iii-geneticist-leads-dna-search-to-identify-the-man-who-shaped-early-america

  The University of Leicester geneticist who led the DNA identification of the ‘The King under the car park’ –Richard III – has been called upon to help identify the headless remains believed to be those of a man ‘who shaped early America’.

• Latest insights into Saturn's weird magnetic field only make things weirder

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/5-latest-insights-into-saturns-weird-magnetic-field-only-make-things-weirder

  Leicester space scientists, who have been involved in the Cassini mission for decades, discuss the ‘gold mine’ of information the mission has revealed about the ringed planet and their personal connections to the project

• Researchers identify July 16 1945 as key time boundary in the history of the Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/researchers-identify-july-16-1945-as-key-time-boundary-in-the-history-of-the-earth

  Humans are having such a significant impact on the Earth that they are changing its geology, creating new and distinctive strata that will persist far into the future, according to Dr Jan Zalasiewicz and Professor Mark Williams from the Department of Geology.

• Leicester “leads the way” on new National Space Strategy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/uk-space-strategy

  The University of Leicester has today (Monday) welcomed publication of the UK Government’s new National Space Strategy.