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                    Lines of descenthttps://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics/lines-of-descent DNA analysis of the Greyfriars bones was crucial to confirming their identity as those of Richard III. But that analysis would be meaningless without something for comparison. 
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                    Leicester engineers work on power systems for lunar rovershttps://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/power-lunar-rovers Researchers at University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester are part of a consortium developing power systems for lunar rovers that combine solar panels, batteries and radioisotope thermoelectric generators. 
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                    UK’s AI ‘twin’ will use big data to show the way to net zerohttps://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/ai-twin-net-zero New research project at University of Leicester will use artificial intelligence to inform more environmentally-friendly land use in the UK, and has received £2.5 million from UK Research and Innovation. 
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                    Sneaking a peek at the ring of a 180km craterhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/sneaking-a-peek-at-the-ring-of-a-180km-crater Researchers from the universities of Leicester and Montpellier will be heading to the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico to participate in a drilling expedition that addresses the science behind the Chicxulub impact structure. 
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                    News and eventshttps://le.ac.uk/celi/news-and-events News and events from the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation. 
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                    Beat those January exam blueshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/beat-the-exam-blues It's cold. It's wet. It's dark. Welcome to January. Most people suffer from a case of the 'January blues' but add exam worries to the mix and you really have got a gloomy prognosis. 
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                    New species of ancient tongue worm discoveredhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-species-of-ancient-tongue-worm-discovered An international team of scientists led by Leicester researchers has discovered a new species of fossil - a 'tongue worm' - in England and have identified it as an ancient parasitic intruder. 
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                    Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 113 Mayhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-1-13-may President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing how the University of Leicester is among the first institutions in the world to join the UN programme HeForShe. 
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                    Understanding election coverage using Big datahttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/understanding-election-coverage-using-big-data Researchers from our Department of Media and Communication, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, have for the first time analysed mass media coverage to understand how elections are covered by the press. 
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                    Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years agohttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics.