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Human fingerprint on forest disturbance patterns as viewed from space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/forest-structures
A team of researchers from the UK and Europe used remote sensing data to describe the landscape structure of forest disturbances and assess how these differ across regions and under human influence
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Trailblazing astrophysicist and champion of women in science to deliver University of Leicester public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/jocelyn-bell
Two science superstars will converge at the University of Leicester for a special public lecture, next month.
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Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle
Dr John Pearce, from King’s College London, is a co-author of the study. He added: “This unique object gives us our most detailed representation of this form of execution found in Roman Britain.
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Leicester City Graduate Project earns FSB local government prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/city-graduate-project-award
A flagship internship scheme encouraging students from Leicester’s two universities to stay and work in the city after they graduate has been recognised as one of the best regional initiatives at a national award ceremony.
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Leicester medieval historian elected as Fellow of the British Academy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/joanna-story-british-academy-fellow-leicester
The University of Leicester's Professor Joanna Story has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy as a UK Fellow.
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Start your postgraduate journey in January 2026
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/postgraduate-applicants
Learn more about postgraduate courses with start dates in January and April each year.
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Landmark genetic study sheds new light on how the eye develops its sharpest vision
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/eye-genetic-study-foveal-leicester
Combining artificial intelligence and genetics has allowed researchers in Leicester to study the part of the eye that gives us sharp central vision in amazing detail for the first time
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/8/
Announcing the 2021 Yearbook Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 December 2021 The Physics Community Team, and the Leicester Physics News Team, are delighted to announce the publication of the 2021 Yearbook for the School of Physics and...
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 20
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/20/
Nobel Prize: How Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysics Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 October 2020 The award of this year’s Nobel prize in physics to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and...
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 21
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/21/
Welcome to the Physics Community! Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 September 2020 During these unprecedented times, the School of Physics and Astronomy are exploring new ways to bring our staff and students together as a family.