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Groundbreaking new centre will turbocharge research and treatment for patients with artery disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/peripheral-artery-disease-leicester
University of Leicester experts have been awarded nearly £2 million to set up a global vascular research centre
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University of Leicester deepens Smithsonian Institution partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/university-leicester-deepens-smithsonian-institution-partnership
The University of Leicester’s Institute for Digital Culture has renewed its long-standing partnership with the Smithsonian Institution.
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Flooding
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/flooding/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 The Global Risk data platform is a multiple agencies (partners include UNEP) effort to share spatial data information on global risk from natural hazards this includes floods,...
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International Partnership Space Project
https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/international-partnership-space-project
Information on The International Partnership Space Project (IPSP), a collaboration between UK, Mexican and Brazilian institutions to improve the application of earth observation in the forest sector.
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Life as a Leicester postgraduate 2015 in review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/life-as-a
The University of Leicester’s vibrant, active postgraduate research community participate in international conferences, are awarded prizes for their research, and share cutting-edge research with the wider community.
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Leicester geneticist to deliver Richard III talk at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-geneticist-to-deliver-richard-iii-talk-at-international-conference
Professor Turi King (pictured) from our Department of Genetics and School of Archaeology and Ancient History will be giving a Special Plenary Lecture at the 10th International Society for Applied Biological Sciences (ISABS) Conference in Dubrovnik, Republic of Croatia...
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Travel
https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/impacts/travel
Providing infrastructure and procedures that enable staff and students to follow the University’s sustainable travel hierarchy of: ‘Avoid unnecessary travel; Reduce travel; Choose efficient low-carbon travel; Maximise the benefits of the travel.’
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Optics
https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs/optics
The MIXS optics were designed with inspiration from a lobster’s eye. This is because instead of using lenses, like how our eyes work, it uses mirrors to reflect the light. There are lots of small channels that allow the X-rays to be reflected and focused onto the detector.
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Difficult Conversations
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/difficult-conversations
University of Leicester marks its centenary with a series of thought-provoking and informative talks by academics and guest speakers.
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Protecting children from war and violence
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/protecting-children
In any society subjected to war or violence, children are the innocent victims. Even if they are not injured themselves, the experience is understandably traumatic.