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Portable devices monitor air pollution hotspots in cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/portable-devices-monitor-pollution-hotspots-in-cities
Scientists at our University are trialling a portable air monitor to gather precise air pollution data at a personal scale in order to help monitor pollution hotspots.
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Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/ethnic-differences-in-need-for-heart-pacemakers-may-have-genetic-link
Researchers have found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a pacemaker for an abnormally low heart rate compared to white people of European origin.
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Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scholars-discuss-the-formalisation-and-implications-of-the-anthropocene
Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene| The Anthropocene Working Group holds meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Humans have had a large impact on Earth.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/biostatistics/people
Meet the team behind the Biostatistics research at the University of Leicester.
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James Webb Space Telescope makes first detection of heavy element from star merger
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/gamma-ray
Merger of neutron stars that generated an explosion that created a gamma-ray burst identified. Some of the rarest and most precious elements in nature are being produced by these very rare explosions.
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/mns-disorders-in-guyanas-jails/events
See the latest events held by MNS disorder in Guyanas Jails project team at The University of Leicester.
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Genetics for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics/genetics-higher-education
Resources Resources a student filling in a form|Genomics is the study of the genome of an organism - its entire genetic material in the form of RNA, DNA, genes and chromosomes.
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Activist Museum Award 2025 winners announced by Research Centre for Museums and Galleries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/winners-museum-activist-awards-2025
Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) has announced the winners of the prestigious Activist Museum Award 2025.
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The need to forge new models of international partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/apollo-blog
Henrietta O’Connor shares the University of Leicester's international partnership model built on complementary areas of expertise, identifying shared aims, and finding areas of commonality.
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Roger Bettles bookings
https://le.ac.uk/sports/facilities/roger-bettles/bookings
See the fitness class timetable for the Roger Bettles sports centre.