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• Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats

  Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for early life to take hold on earth.

• Honour for leading criminologist at University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/honour-for-leading-criminologist-at-university-of-leicester

  A leading criminologist at the University of Leicester is bringing her expertise in forensic science and criminal justice to an editorial role.

• Leicester engineers to stress test new technology to store waste heat

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/energy-storage

  A Europe-wide project developing a new electrothermal energy storage system involves materials experts at the University of Leicester and will take advantage of phase change materials (PCMs) to efficiently store heat

• New insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant revealed in BBC One documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant-revealed-in-bbc-one-documentary

  New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in a BBC One documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough and featuring a University of Leicester...

• Are we doomed New online course asks how we can make the modern world sustainable

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/are-we-doomed-new-online-course-asks-how-we-can-make-the-modern-world-sustainable

  A new online course, available on the FutureLearn social learning platform, will unpick the complex global challenge that is sustainability and provide a deeper understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.

• Toolkit to tackle potentially deadly opioid over prescription to be rolled out across parts of England

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/opioids-over-subscription

  Leicester researchers are working with NHS partners in the East of England to lead the way in delivering the NHS’ goal of halving the amount of opioids prescribed for non-cancer pain by 2024.

• New research could help detect early signs of heart failure in diabetic patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/diabetes-heart-failure

  New research in Leicester, which has been funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), could help understand how heart failure can develop in people living with Type 2 diabetes. An estimated 3.7 million people in the UK are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

• Call for Armed Forces personnel to share stories of transition to healthcare careers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/armed-forces

  To coincide with Armed Forces Day 2022 (Saturday 25 June), Leicester health professionals have launched a major new research project which could provide solutions to the NHS’ staff shortage crisis by helping veterans transition into civilian careers.

• Research projects

  https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects

  Take a look at the externally-funded research projects taking place at the Politics and International Relations research cluster.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/144/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester