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  • 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.

  • Leicester academic leads international research study into potential new biomarker for breast cancer

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-academic-joins-international-research-study-into-potential-new-biomarker-for-breast-cancer

    An academic from our University is leading an international collaborative research study, funded by Cancer Research UK, which uses recently launched technology to evaluate a potential new biomarker for prediction of disease progression in women with breast cancer.

  • Study provides further evidence that statins could prevent blood clots in the veins

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-provides-further-evidence-that-statins-could-prevent-blood-clots-in-the-veins

    Further evidence has been found by researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Bristol to suggest statins could “significantly reduce” the occurrence of blood clotting in certain parts of the body.

  • 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.

  • Study investigates public acceptability for placebos as replacement of unnecessary medicines

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

    The wider use of placebos in primary care to reduce overprescribing, conserve existing antibiotics and limit further resistance, is publicly acceptable new study shows.

  • 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...

  • Leicester study to improve crop plants

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants

    Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Saffia's story: from distance learning to campus study

    https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/study/distance-learning/undergraduate/saffia

    Hear from our student Saffia, who started her undergraduate degree by distance learning and then transferred to campus for her second year of study.

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