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• Britain’s first space explorer is honoured by University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-helen-sharman

  Britain’s first astronaut has paid tribute to the University of Leicester’s world class space research.

• Leicester celebrates British Science Week with top five innovations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/innovations

  The University of Leicester is celebrating this year’s theme for British Science Week (5-14 March 2021), ‘Innovating for the Future’, by highlighting the top five innovations pioneered at the University.

• Scientists deliver world-first lobster X-ray telescope mirror

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/svom-satellite-lobster-mirror

  Space scientists at the University of Leicester have delivered a completely new type of super-lightweight X-ray telescope mirror to study the greatest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang.

• National Space Centre celebrates 20 years in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/space-centre-20

  The concept of the National Space Centre was first drawn up in 1994, and soon grew into a joint bid by the University of Leicester and Leicester City Council to the Millennium Commission as a Landmark Millennium Project for the East Midlands.

• Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/23-enderby-iron-age-bark-shield

  A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester, the only one of its kind ever found in Europe.

• Refugee Week: 17 to 23 June 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/13-refugee-week-university-of-sanctuary

  The University of Leicester’s Refugee Week, from 17 to 23 June 2019, is part of the UK’s largest festival celebrating the contribution of refugees to British society through a programme of arts, culture and education.

• Leicester in the running for national University of the Year award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/the-shortlisting

  The University of Leicester is in the running for a prestigious national University of the Year award.

• Trees in tropical logged forests release carbon at greater rate despite faster growth, study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/carbon-trees

  University of Leicester-led research focusing on the carbon dioxide produced by tree stems shows that individual trees in tropical forests impacted by logging produce more carbon dioxide per m2 of woody stem area than those in unaffected forests

• New nanomaterial could transform how we visualise fingerprints

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/fingerprint-nanoparticle

  University of Leicester scientist involved in development of a fluorescent nanoparticle that could be a versatile and effective tool for visualising fingermark evidence

• Student nurses shortlisted for prestigious awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/nursing-awards

  The dedication and commitment of three students from the University of Leicester has seen them shortlisted for some prestigious nursing awards.