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Wildfires across the Americas have been supercharged by climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/wildfires-americas-supercharged-climate-change
Study: Warming increased burning in Pantanal, Chiquitano and Amazon, releasing billions of tonnes of CO2, while climate change increased likelihood of Southern California’s deadly fires by at least 2-3 times
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PHOTO GALLERY University receives biggest ever gift from an individual 27 million
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-receives-biggest-ever-gift-from-an-individual-ps2-7-million
Our University has received its biggest ever single gift from a private individual - £2.7 million- which will be used to fund life-saving kidney research of global significance in our College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology.
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Sex workers in research study call for greater legal protections against sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sex-worker-access-justice-sexual-violence
Researchers from the University of Leicester, University of Strathclyde, Queen's University, University of Nevada and University of Otago interviewed more than 700 sex workers.
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Leicester scientist to feature in upcoming BBC programme on antimicrobial resistance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-to-feature-in-upcoming-bbc-programme-on-antimicrobial-resistance
Professor Martha Clokie (pictured) from our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation will be discussing antimicrobial resistance on BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ with presenters Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince on Monday 22 January at 12:15PM.
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Respiratory medicine
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/respiratory-medicine
The University of Leicester is internationally recognised in respiratory research, with strengths in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cough and other respiratory diseases.
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Fossil fuel burning leaves its mark in Mediterranean corals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/coral-pollutant
New study involving the University of Leicester identifies carbon particles emitted by burning fossil fuels embedded in corals
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Marinos Koulouroudias
https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/people/previous-researchers/marinos-koulouroudias
BMedSci MBBS MRCS Academic Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Surgery MK662@leicester.ac.
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Their Past Your Future 2
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/their-past-your-future-2
TPYF2 aimed to encourage the sector to use their collections to increase young people’s knowledge and understanding of the impact of war.
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Trusted Research
https://le.ac.uk/research/regi/trusted-research
‘Trusted Research’ is a research and innovation sector term for protecting the UK’s intellectual property, sensitive research, people and infrastructure from potential theft, manipulation and exploitation, including as a result of interference by hostile actors.
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The crocuses have croaked
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/the-crocuses-have-croaked
For the first time, organisers of a public event to celebrate the first flowers of spring have been left with a predicament – the flowers have bloomed weeks before the event and may be largely over by the time the public showcase for Crocus Sundays is held! The success of...