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• Japan's earliest 'couple' identified

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/09-japan-fossils

  Fossils of male and female shells of tiny bivalved crustaceans 700|Scientists have discovered fossils of tiny male and female crustaceans over 400 million years old in Japan An international team of scientists has discovered what is believed to be Japan’s earliest...

• Explosive moment in the media

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/explosive-moment-in-the-media

  University geologist Dr David Hawthorn, who set up equipment near the former city council HQ to record the effects of the controlled demolition of the site, has published his results. Dr David Hawthorn is a seismologist in our Department of Geology.

• The solvents solving our gold challenges

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/the-solvents-solving-our-gold-challenges

  Work in our Departments of Geology and Chemistry to develop safer and greener ways to process gold has been featured on the BBC World Service’s Science Hour (from 44m).

• University of Leicester archives uncover accounts of the supernatural

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/halloween

  The University of Leicester has uncovered a series of spooky documents and images from its Library archives.

• Videos highlight Leicesters leading space expertise

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/videos-highlight-leicesters-leading-space-expertise-at-great-festival

  Leicester’s leading expertise in cutting-edge space research has been showcased in a series of videos captured during the GREAT Festival of Innovation in Hong Kong, which is organised by the UK’s Department for International Trade and took place in March of this year.

• Welcome to the School of Criminology Blog

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/05/04/welcome-to-the-school-of-criminology-blog/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on May 4, 2023 By Prof Lisa Smith Professor of Criminology & Head of School One thing I’ve learned from studying and working in criminology and forensic psychology is that most people I...

• Unicorns to inspire the next space entrepreneurs

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/2018unicorns2019-to-inspire-the-next-space-entrepreneurs

  Some of the most ambitious and high value start-ups are likely to develop in space-related industries and the University of Leicester is showing student and graduate entrepreneurs how they could create their own ‘unicorn from space’.

• Leicester scientists investigating ancient freshwater hundreds of metres below the sea floor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/scientists-ancient-freshwater-below-sea-floor

  International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) includes researchers from the University of Leicester aiming to explore ancient freshwater systems below the ocean floor and up to 100 miles offshore

• Leicester co-founds UK Nuclear Deterrence Network

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-founder-member-uk-nuclear-deterrence-network

  The University of Leicester has joined partners to launch a network which will examine and assess nuclear deterrence and inform UK nuclear policy.

• University of Leicester space scientist appointed trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/emma-bunce-rmg

  Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics Emma Bunce has worked on multiple international space missions and has been appointed a trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich, including the ‘birthplace of modern astronomy’, the Royal Observatory Greenwich