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Major milestone caps off ‘amazing few weeks’ for JWST scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/jwst-image-array
Leicester scientists have shared their excitement at the latest major milestone for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most advanced space observatory ever built.
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University of Leicester lecturer wins Global Space Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/lecturer-global-space-award
Dr Beatriz Sanchez-Cano recognised for her leadership of the Mars Magnetosphere Atmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather Science (M-MATTISSE) mission
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Sanctuary Seekers’ Unit
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit
The University of Leicester is a University of sanctuary. Find out more about the work we're doing.
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A Promising Future: Convict Voyages to Western Australia by Kellie Moss
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/10/06/a-promising-future-convict-voyages-to-western-australia-by-kellie-moss/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 6, 2014 During a recent research trip to the State Library of Western Australia I had the opportunity to examine the journal compiled by William Smith, Surgeon Superintendent, on board the Merchantman’s second...
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Link between hibernation in animals and Alzheimers prevention identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/link-between-hibernation-in-animals-and-alzheimers-prevention-identified
Research by scientists at the Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit, based at the University, has identified a protective mechanism that kicks in when body temperature is lowered, activating a process that prevents the loss of brain cells and the connections between them.
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The Story of Pulque Part 2: A Tangle of Origins – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/18/the-story-of-pulque-part-2-a-tangle-of-origins/
Overview of different pre-Columbian narratives about the origins or discovery of pulque, and the various political, historical, and cultural roles these narratives served particularly for the Mexica (Aztecs)
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Researchers find alternative way to extract high purity silver from used solar panels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-solar-cells
A a new way of extracting valuable metals from end-of-life solar panels has been developed.
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University supporting literacy skills through reading buddies and new books for schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/books
Volunteers from the University of Leicester have donated boxes full of brand-new books to local primary schools. It is part of a wider scheme that sees one hundred school-based volunteers support pupils at Uplands Junior L.E.A.
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New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs
The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that feathers were found on dinosaurs’ close relative, the flying reptiles called pterosaurs.
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Six Roman pots unearthed by University of Leicester student at Roman town site
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/ulas
A University of Leicester student has found six complete Roman pots during a community dig at the Chester House Estate, near Irchester, Northamptonshire. Third-year archaeology student, Davidson Copeland, discovered the pots in June 2023.