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GPS in space research brings autonomous interplanetary travel closer to reality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/201cgps-in-space201d-research-brings-autonomous-interplanetary-travel-closer-to-reality
An accurate method for spacecraft navigation takes a leap forward today as the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and our University publish a paper that reveals a spacecraft’s position in space in the direction of a particular pulsar can be calculated autonomously, using a...
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Successful Arctic expedition establishes new instrument for monitoring climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/arctic-expedition-instrument-monitoring-climate-change
Team from the University of Leicester’s Surface Temperature Group has returned from the Arctic Circle after establishing a validation station on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard
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Japanese Princess attends graduation ceremony
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/japanese-princess-to-attend-graduation-ceremony
Our University is delighted to announce that Princess Mako of Akishino is returning to Leicester in order to be awarded her postgraduate degree in Museum Studies.
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University backs the standard of childrens cardiac surgery at local hospital
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/university-backs-the-standard-of-children2019s-cardiac-surgery-at-local-hospital
The Head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, and the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester have issued a joint statement in support of the local authorities and clinicians working together to keep surgery for children...
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Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners
In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...
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Jenna Shaw
https://le.ac.uk/people/jenna-shaw
The academic profile of Ms Jenna Shaw, Deputy Programme Lead of Nursing; Lecturer of Children’s Nursing at University of Leicester
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Leicester researchers involved in hunt for golden spike that signalled new epoch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-researchers-involved-in-hunt-for-golden-spike-that-signalled-new-epoch
Geologists - including Professor Jan Zalasiewicz and Dr Colin Waters from the Department of Geology - are on the hunt for the 'golden spike' that would signify the moment humanity changed the planet forever and triggered the Anthropocene era.
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New insight into frictionless surfaces is slippery slope to energy-efficient technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/superlubricity-friction
Scientists led by the University of Leicester have made an insight into superlubricity, revealing that friction is reduced further at lower temperatures
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Fight fire with fire? Managing complex contracts when the other party becomes difficult
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/05/16/fight-fire-with-fire-managing-complex-contracts-when-the-other-party-becomes-difficult/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on May 16, 2018 In his second blog ( first blog can be found here ) Dr Haward Soper, recently awarded his PhD, discusses his doctoral findings, giving fascinating insights into the relationships between different parties...
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What we know now
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/what-we-know-now
Analysis of the king’s skeleton not only aided its identification but also provided new insights into Richard III’s diet and lifestyle, and what he might have looked like.