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Fold-out solar blankets to power satellites receives £1 million boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/fold-out-solar-blankets-power-satellites
A new concept for a solar blanket to power satellites that can be folded away will be developed with engineering expertise from the University of Leicester thanks to new funding.
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Archives and Special Collections Team Pick!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/06/06/archives-and-special-collections-team-pick/
Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on June 6, 2024 To mark International Archives Day, which falls on 9 th June, I asked my colleagues in Archives and Special Collections to choose one of their favourite collections from our holdings.
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May Day early 19th century traditions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions
This article, written by Sarah Wood, was originally written for the Special Collections blog here Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with may poles and morris dancers, the University's Special Collections archive has been...
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Research highlights incredible insects during National Insect Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018national-insect-week2019-creeps-up-on-us-once-more
The feature, revisiting four occasions where insects played an instrumental role in University research, can be found here Insects, bugs, creepy-crawlies - there are some who say they are not always the cutest critters, but they can certainly be one of the most useful and...
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Space Technologies to help protect communities and the environment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/space-technologies-to-help-protect-communities-and-the-environment-1
Multi-million pound funding for world-class research at our University, to use space technologies to help herders in Mongolia and monitor tropical forests in SE Asia, has been announced by Science Minister Sam Gyimah.
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New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/herpes-genome
Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.
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Leicester academic leads study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/when-should-blood-transfusions-be-given-after-cardiac-surgery
Professor Gavin Murphy (pictured), British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiac Surgery in our Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at Leicester is the lead author of a new study that has shown that patients having heart surgery do not benefit if doctors wait until a...
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James Higgins
https://le.ac.uk/people/james-higgins
The academic profile of Prof James Higgins, Professor Plant Genetics at University of Leicester
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Clinical Sciences BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/clinical-sciences-bsc/2026
Combine the study of medical and clinical sciences with cutting-edge scientific methods and practice, and prepare for a career where you can make a difference - in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, academic research, or even as a doctor.
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Museum Studies at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies
The University of Leicester has acquired a reputation for experimental thinking and practice in museum studies. Read more on our study opportunities.