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• Insights into visual supersense provided by new study

  https://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.

• Case Study - Axies Digital

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/executive-education-programmes/help-to-grow-management-programme/case-study---axies-digital

  Introduction Axies Digital, based in Leicester, are a digital marketing agency supporting SMEs to get the best results from their marketing through a precise, data-led approach with a particular focus on pay-per-click (PPC), search engine pptimisation (SEO) and social media.

• Local research study contributes to global findings which pinpoint genes for depression across ethnicities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/exceed

  A University of Leicester study has contributed to the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major depression, helping to reveal nearly 300 previously unknown genetic links to the condition

• Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm

  A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility

• Fellowship award will allow Leicester researcher to launch genetic study of lung disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/fellowship-leicester-researcher-genetic-lung-disease

  A University of Leicester researcher has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Career Development Fellowship to lead a groundbreaking study into the genomics of bronchiectasis.

• 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.

• Older obese people no longer at higher risk, study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/obesity-heart-attack-stains-cardiovascular

  A new study suggests that older adults (over 40) with obesity now often have blood pressure and cholesterol levels similar to - or sometimes better than - people of a healthy weight.

• Study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/study-to-help-find-ways-to-prevent-kidney-damage

  Leicestershire people set to undergo keyhole vascular surgery are being recruited for a new study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage which can sometimes occur afterwards.

• 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.

• Past events

  https://le.ac.uk/country-house-technology/events/past-events

  Organisations and events to which the project team have contributed 2021 Like a well-oiled machine? Lecture for The Trevithick Society, 11 June 2021, 6pm (delivered remotely) Like a well-oiled machine? Lecture for English Heritage Volunteers, 3 June 2021, 6pm...