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• Researchers publish results of largest ever study on postnatal depression in British South Asian mothers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/postnatal-depression

  An extensive trial , supported by the University of Leicester, into postnatal depression in South Asian women has found that tailored support can make a difference to their recovery

• University scientists study solar system formation using over 1200 alien worlds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-scientists-study-solar-system-formation-using-over-1-200-alien-worlds

  Space scientists at the University are using groundbreaking new information about hundreds of newly discovered exoworlds to help them better understand the evolution of solar systems.

• Neptune is cooler than we thought: Study reveals unexpected changes in atmospheric temperatures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/neptune-temperature

  Yet, at Neptune’s south pole, the data reveal a different and surprisingly dramatic change.

• Leicester author shares untold story of Mary Attenborough

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/mary-attenborough

  Much of the book has been informed by documents including letters, diaries and photographs held in the care of the University of Leicester’s archive collections.

• New research study launches to improve pressure injury care for children with dark skin tones in hospitals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/pressure-injuries

  Researchers at the University of Leicester (UoL) are leading a clinical research study aimed at preventing pressure injuries in children and young people with dark skin tones in hospitals

• What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles

  But analysis of the ecological importance of grasshoppers is not straightforward, and finding out what they eat requires detailed study of the contents of their guts or painstaking and time-consuming observations of how they feed in the wild. There is, however, a better way.

• Designing for Creative Lives

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mu7018

  Module code: MU7018 This module looks at the museum differently.

• Designing for Creative Lives

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mu7018

  Module code: MU7018 This module looks at the museum differently.

• Designing for Creative Lives

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/mu7018

  Module code: MU7018 This module looks at the museum differently.

• A Catalyst for Change

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/catalyst-for-change

  An innovative project to take museum collections out to those communities which the museum service had failed to reach