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• Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi

  A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain weight and jump a body mass index (BMI) category during COVID-19 lockdown.

• Plantings

  https://le.ac.uk/100-trees/plantings

  Global celebration On 4 October 2021 we marked our 100th Birthday in a celebration which brought together our students, staff, partners, alumni, friends and supporters from all around the world.

• Disputed Bodies: Narratives of Medical Research in Europe, c. 1940s to 2001

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/disputed-bodies

  WT096580MA, Large Programme Grant, Joint PI, Wellcome Trust funded from 2 March 2012 to 1st April 2018), a major new book and associated articles.

• Revolutionary new treatment set to transform lives of severe asthma sufferers

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

  The future for people suffering from severe asthma is looking bright after a Leicester-based research team confirm the benefits of a revolutionary medicine, which has been recently approved for use in the UK

• TB metabolism

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/amr-and-stress-responses/tb-metabolism

  See more about the impact of studying TB metabolism in the Leicester Microbial Sciences and Infectious Diseases Network.

• Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/corals-pinpoint-deforestation-borneo

  University of Leicester scientists analyse the chemical composition of corals to spot the signs of deforestation, filling a huge gap in environmental data on deforestation impacting coastal ecosystems

• University of Leicester announces two new industry partnerships

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/university-leicester-new-industry-knowledge-transfer-ktp-partnerships

  The University of Leicester has announced two major Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) with AG Barr plc and Barker Langham.

• Exposure to air pollution associated with increase in sedentary time, study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/pollution

  Long-term exposure to current levels of UK air pollution has been found to be associated with an annual increase of up to 22 minutes of sedentary time each day, in a study published in the Journal of Public Health.

• University of Leicester expert joins authors of United Nations climate change report

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/expert-author-united-nations-climate-change-report

  Professor Valerio Lucarini from the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences is one of 664 international experts appointed by UN body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for its Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)

• Spain-UK collaboration successfully tests hybrid radioisotope and solar power system for planetary exploration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/spain-uk-collaboration-test-hybrid-radioisotope-and-solar-power-system

  University of Leicester, University of Oviedo and University of Vigo combine technologies in Spain-UK Collaboration and completed first end-to-end testing of hybrid technology harnessing nuclear and solar power