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Space Park Leicester developing technology for ultra-clean mini-lab to potentially contain extra-terrestrial samples returned to Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-technology-ultra-clean-mini-lab-extra-terrestrial-samples
University of Leicester’s science and innovation park to lead on a European Space Agency project to build a Double-Walled Isolator (DWI) to support analysis of extra-terrestrial samples, to reduce the risk of cross contamination on Earth
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Funding opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/funding-opportunities
The British Heart Foundation Accelerator Award will fund several new posts for high calibre researchers early in their careers and provide them with the training, mentoring and support to enable them to become the research leaders of the future.
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust to host new NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/nihr-research-delivery-network
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that a new National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network (RDN) will commence in 2024 to support the successful delivery of health and social care research in England.
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Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora with Christmas lightshow
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/webb-mysteries-jupiter-aurora-christmas-lightshow
Highest time resolution images of Jupiter’s infrared ‘dancing lights’ obtained by University of Leicester-led team on Christmas Day
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Cosmic blast hunter SVOM to launch with optimal optics from Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/svom-mxt
Mission to find gamma ray bursts is latest to use technology from University of Leicester in x-ray optics
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Cutting-edge telescope built at University of Leicester makes final departure to join SMILE mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/smile
The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI), led by University of Leicester scientists, has been completed and delivered for integration into the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) spacecraft.
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Projects
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/projects
The Centre for English Local History is involved with a number of projects, funded by councils and trusts such as the AHRC and Leverhulme Trust. Learn more about the variety of projects we are working on.
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Reimagining workforce planning and staff retention through AI and data analytics powered OSI model
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/healthcare-innovation-policy-and-management/reimagining-workforce-planning-and-staff-retention-through-ai-and-data-analytics-powered-osi-model
The NHS staff shortage has been at the front and centre of the 2024 elections. However, simply hiring new staff is insufficient, given the lengthy training pathways and the limited pool of international recruits.
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New DNA analysis helps bust 200-year-old royal conspiracy theory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/kaspar-hauser
DNA analysis carried out at University of Leicester refutes the theory that Kaspar Hauser was a ‘lost prince’ of the House of Baden.
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Leicester researchers analyse consequences of China space weapon test
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/china-fobs
University of Leicester experts in the military uses of outer space have urged further international dialogue and ‘cool heads’ following flight tests of a new Chinese hypersonic missile system.