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Successful Arctic expedition establishes new instrument for monitoring climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/arctic-expedition-instrument-monitoring-climate-change
Team from the University of Leicester’s Surface Temperature Group has returned from the Arctic Circle after establishing a validation station on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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World’s first picture of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/cilia
A picture of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways, has been produced by scientists for the first time.
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New five-year plan set to boost Leicester’s creative economy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/cultural-strategy
A five-year strategy that aims to create thousands of new jobs in Leicester’s creative economy and engage hundreds more adults in the city’s arts and cultural offer has been backed by the University of Leicester.
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Professor Shigang Yue
https://le.ac.uk/people/shigang-yue
The academic profile of Professor Shigang Yue, Professor of Computer Science at University of Leicester, research interests include AI, robotics, neural networks, bio-inspired neural networks, bio-inspired robotics, bio-inspired systems, vehicle collision detection, collision...
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New Leicester study reveals hidden heart risks in women with Type 2 Diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/heart-women-diabetes-leicester
Women with type 2 diabetes are nearly twice as likely as men to have hidden heart damage, according to a major new study by Leicester researchers.
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UK experts call for a refined, universal definition of long COVID
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/covid
Two leading UK experts in infectious diseases who played a major research role during the pandemic have called for a refined, universal definition of long COVID
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Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received a £4 million boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/kidney-donation
The Stoneygate Trust and the University of Leicester are providing significant funding to turbocharge a number of key kidney research initiatives by renal experts
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UK’s first clinical academic Associate Professor in Neonatal Nursing appointed in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/neonatal-nursing-leicester-appointment
The University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust are proud to announce the joint appointment of Dr Katie Gallagher as the UK’s first Clinical Associate Professor in Neonatal Nursing
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Boost for health and social care in the East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/arc-funding
An organisation dedicated to improving health and social care in the East Midlands through cutting-edge innovation has had its funding extended.