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Rethinking nuclear weapons strategies
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/nuclear-button
Our research has been influential in raising international awareness of nuclear threats, encouraging governments and policymakers to modernise their thinking.
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Cleaning up the oil industry
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/cleaning-oil-industry
Crude oil spills are one of the worst environmental disasters. Professor Hongbiao Dong explains the importance of moving away from fossil fuels, and how new welding techniques are reducing pipeline failure rates.
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Male DNA cracks crime and illuminates history
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-and-crime
Professor Mark Jobling discusses how research into the Y-chromosome helps in solving crime.
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Space telescope researcher sets her sights on Parliament
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/space-telescope-researcher-sets-her-sights-on-parliament
MPs will get an insight into the future of space-based telescopes when a Leicester scientist presents her work into x-ray optics.
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University research supports project to gather air pollution data through space–enabled technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/27-university-research-supports-project-to-gather-air-pollution-data
EarthSense – a joint venture between our University and aerial mapping company Bluesky – has provided detailed air pollution data in near real time for Bicester
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Scientists discover one of the most luminous new stars ever
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/scientists-discover-one-of-the-most-luminous-2018new-stars2019-ever
Astronomers have today announced that they have discovered possibly the most luminous ‘new star’ ever – a nova discovered in the direction of one of our closest neighboring galaxies: The Small Magellanic Cloud.
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Student project explores the experiences of women who entered into mixed Black Caribbean and White British relationships in Leicester between 1948 and the 1970s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/student-project-explores-the-experiences-of-women-who-entered-into-mixed-black-caribbean-and-white-british-relationships-in-leicester-between-1948-and-the-1970s
A local mature student studying at our University is keen to hear from women willing to share information about relationships they are in/have had with men of different ethnic backgrounds to themselves.
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Year abroad (optional)
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate/year-abroad
Geography at the University of Leicester offers a four year degree programme with a year abroad, available to students taking Geography BA, Human Geography BA, Geography BSc and Physical Geography BSc. Find out about how to apply and more.
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Chris Smith
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/careers/profiles/chris-smith
Find out how Chris Smith’s MChem in Chemistry (with a year abroad) led him into management consultancy, with plenty of opportunities to use the insight he gained on his year abroad.
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Public lecture on ice sheets and sea levels rescheduled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/06-ice-sheets-lecture
Research into polar ice sheets that could help predict future sea levels is the subject of a public lecture at the University of Leicester on 15 January.