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                    Professor Heiko Balzter shares hopes for COP29 and the path toward global climate actionhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/cop29-heiko Professor Heiko Balzter, Director of the Institute for Environmental Futures, speaks as he attends COP29 on behalf of the University of Leicester 
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                    Chargeshttps://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/nucleus/charges There may be some charges which apply when using the Nucleus genomics facility at Leicester. Learn more about our charges. 
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                    Insights into visual supersense provided by new studyhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researcher-gains-new-insights-into-human-visual-abilities An experiment originally designed to test the visual abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish has provided researchers with new insights into a human supersense – the ability to perceive the polarisation of light. 
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                    New portrait of Sir David Attenborough revealed in cityhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-portrait-of-sir-david-attenborough-revealed-in-city A stunning new portrait of Leicester honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sir David Attenborough at Leicester’s New Walk Museum has been revealed by the man himself. 
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                    Doctoral College Week, 18-22 March 2019https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/11-doctoral-college-week People viewing images in a gallery|The University of Leicester’s postgraduate research students, early career researchers and research staff will be celebrated in a range of events as part of Doctoral College Week (#dcweek), from 18-22 March 2019. 
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                    Researcher receives top award for work on meteorites and Martian geologyhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/researcher-award-meteorites-mars-geology PhD student Francesca Willcocks' research has included the Winchcombe meteorite, the exploration of Gale Crater by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and preparations for Mars Sample Return 
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                    Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggestshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/peatlands-will-store-more-carbon-as-planet-warms-study-suggests Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests Photograph of a peat field|Leicester scientist part of international study into effects of global warming on peatlands Global warming will cause peatlands to absorb more carbon – but the effect will weaken as... 
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                    Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisitionhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/researchers-show-bacteriophages-can-affect-melioidosis-disease-acquisition Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition|An international research team including Leicester researchers has developed a mathematical model for monitoring and... 
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                    Artist bioshttps://le.ac.uk/miv/minimal-surfaces-artists-views/artist-bios See our artist bios from our collaborators in the minimal surfaces artists' views project. 
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                    International postgraduate studentshttps://le.ac.uk/geology/study/research-degrees/international-postgraduate Geology at the University of Leicester has a thriving community of graduate students from the UK and overseas. If you are an international student considering campus-based graduate courses in Geology, find out more about our research degrees and how to apply.