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  • A 10 minute walk a day could add a year to your life – study finds

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/brisk-walk

    A longer, healthier life could be as little as a ten-minute walk away, according to the findings of a new study conducted by researchers funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at the University of...

  • Webb Fellowship awarded for the study of giant planets

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/webb-fellow

    An early-career planetary scientist has been awarded the third-ever Webb Fellowship and will study the atmospheres of giant planets using the James Webb Space Telescope.

  • New research centre to study the impact of the environment on human health

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/cehs

    The Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CEHS) draws on experts from a wide variety of research backgrounds to investigate and mitigate the health problems from air pollution, environmental noise, and low-level chemical exposures.

  • Activities and events

    https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020/events

    Find out about past events and future events for the Wordsworth 2020 AHRC funded project for English research at Leicester.

  • ALARM Research Study

    https://le.ac.uk/psychology-vision-sciences/research/health-and-wellbeing/alarm

    The ALARM project (Advancing health risk Literacy about Antimicrobial Resistance through the use of Metaphors), funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), is led by Dr Eva Krockow (University of Leicester, UK) in collaboration with Professor Marc...

  • About the project

    https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020/about

    Get more information about the AHRC funded Wordsworth 2020 project, designed to advance research on Wordsworth's poetry.

  • Jurassic calamari: amazing fossil proves that flying reptiles preyed on squid

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-pterosaur-vs-squid

    Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, flying close to the water surface to grab soft-bodied cephalopods such as Plesioteuthis subovata. Artwork by C Klug and Beat Scheffold.|An incredible fossil brought to light in a new research paper reveals the feeding habits of extinct flying reptiles.

  • Global study reveals major gaps in diabetes care targets

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/diabetes-care-targets-khunti-leicester

    A global study involving academics from the University of Leicester has found that only 12 per cent of individuals with the condition are achieving all three targets simultaneously, despite significant advances in therapies and updated clinical guidelines.

  • Study to help prevent the development of diabetes

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/study-to-help-prevent-diabetes

    Diabetes experts are carrying out a study to find the best way of screening people with learning disabilities to prevent them from developing diabetes. They are also looking at developing an education programme to help individuals as well as their family and carers.

  • Pioneering study identifies over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/thyroid

    A new study has identified over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels, shedding light on the causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism (underactive and overactive thyroid).

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