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• PhD student receives prestigious research grant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant

  A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.

• Fallen soldier whose family founded local building society remembered by our University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/fallen-soldier-whose-family-founded-local-building-society-remembered-by-our-university

  A local soldier who fought during the First World War is being remembered on the centenary of his death by our University on Friday 4 November.

• New observations reveal Jupiters Great Red Spot as mysterious energy source

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-observations-reveal-jupiter2019s-great-red-spot-as-mysterious-energy-source

  Researchers from the University of Leicester and Boston University’s (BU) Center for Space Physics report today in Nature that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may provide the mysterious source of energy required to heat the planet’s upper atmosphere to the unusually high values...

• Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/astronomers-join-hunt-for-einstein2019s-gravitational-sirens

  The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.

• Ancient supereruptions in Yellowstone Hotspot track significantly larger than expected

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/ancient-super-eruptions-in-yellowstone-hotspot-track-2018significantly-larger2019-than-expected

  A number of giant super-eruptions between 8 and 12 million years ago that could be larger than the colossal eruptions known to have taken place at Yellowstone have been identified in the United States through research led by Dr Tom Knott, Professor Mike Branney and Dr Marc...

• Football formula for the perfect goal every time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/football-formula-for-the-perfect-goal-every-time

  To mark the opening day of The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair, England international will test a formula for footballing excellence.

• Leading microbiologist gives public lecture on bacteriophages

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leading-microbiologist-to-give-free-public-lecture-on-bacteriophages

  Naked Scientists podcast interview with professor Clokie now available University staff and students can watch the lecture here Professor Martha Clokie (pictured) in our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation will give her inaugural lecture,...

• Why tens of thousands of people are being forced out of their homes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/why-tens-of-thousands-of-people-are-being-forced-out-of-their-homes

  A new study into the effects of gentrification is to be investigated by a University of Leicester social scientist.

• About and aims

  https://le.ac.uk/preparde/about-and-aims

  The PREPARDE project captured the processes and procedures required to publish a research dataset including developing workflows for a new open access Geoscience Data Journal published by project partners Wiley and the Royal Meteorological Society.

• Legislative responsibilities

  https://le.ac.uk/dbs/legislative-responsibilities

  The Division of Biomedical Services is committed to adhering to all laws and regulations in the use of animals in experiments and research.