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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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2022
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/publications/2022
Here the list of publications of 2022 can be found.
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Econometrics
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/econometrics
Lead: Professor Lorenzo Trapani This research group will focus on the research that deals with theoretical and applied econometrics.
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Breakthrough for firm working to protect satellites from ‘space bullets’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/space-bullet
A company based at the University of Leicester working on a pioneering system to save the space industry billions every year has successfully demonstrated the operation of its technology in orbit.
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University awarded £14 million to expand research into lifestyle changes which could help those from multi-ethnic communities with chronic conditions live longer and better lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/leicester-lifestyle
More than £14 million has been awarded to The University of Leicester to expand its research into the prevention and management of chronic disease through physical activity.
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Major investment in doctoral students to support next generation of researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/doctoral-funding
University of Leicester is a partner in two programmes to benefit from £500 million investment in postgraduate training nationally
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Jupiter’s aurora – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/27/jupiters-aurora-the-most-powerful-northern-lights-display-in-the-solar-system/
Posted by Rosie Johnson in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on June 27, 2016 During Juno’s time at Jupiter, we will have the fantastic opportunity to study the most powerful aurora in the solar system.
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Precision medicine
https://le.ac.uk/lung-health/research/precision-medicine
Much of the work carried out by the Respiratory Theme falls under the description of Precision Medicine.
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Funded opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/funded-opportunities
Listed below are the funded studentship opportunities which are currently accepting research student applications.
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DNA analysis
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics/dna-analysis
Simply extracting the DNA from the remains wouldn’t tell us the identity of the individual. It requires comparing DNA from the skeletal remains with that of known relatives.