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Cleared for takeoff how Santas sleigh takes to the skies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/cleared-for-take-off-how-santa2019s-sleigh-takes-to-the-skies
Santa Claus’s reindeer will be in need of a good rest after their Christmas Eve capers based on a study by fourth year Master's students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, who have estimated the velocity required to provide enough lift force to get his sleigh...
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Bradgate Park Fieldschool Season 1 (2015)
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/bradgate-park-fieldschool/season-1-2015
A summary of year 1 of the Bradgate Park archaeological fieldschool in Leicestershire
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New professor of Nursing and Child Health appointed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/joseph-manning
The University of Leicester is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Joseph Manning MBE as Professor of Nursing and Child Health within the School of Healthcare.
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JWST
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/projects/james-webb-space-telescope
University of Leicester scientists are involved in the James Webb Space Telescope mission, and the MIRI instrument.
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Battlefield feeling changing perceptions of masculinity in war
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/2018battlefield-feeling2019-changes-perceptions-of-masculinity-in-war
A new project led by Dr Holly Furneaux from the School of English will shake up traditional views of masculinity on the battlefield by exploring the heroism of the English ‘Boy Captain’ Audley Lempriere, who gave his life fighting during the Crimean War.
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Leicester expert leads ground breaking invention on battery recycling
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/battery-recycling
The research has been published in Green Chemistry and the research team led by Professor Abbott have applied for a patent for the technique.
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Leicester plays key role in BBC Secret Life of Sue Townsend Aged 68 programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/the-secret-life-of-sue-townsend-aged-68-3-4
Our University has played a key role in a new BBC programme on honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sue Townsend, who died in 2014.
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Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/saturn-aurorae
Dr Tom Stallard, Associate Professor in Planetary Astronomy at the University of Leicester, added: “The University of Leicester has long been involved in measuring the effects of this new discovery – we’ve observed how the pulsing aurorae and the wobbling magnetic field lines...
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Revealing branching time in single-cell omics data
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-revealing-branching-time-mathematics
STREAM logo STREAM logo| New single-cell omics technology allows scientists to analyse cell development in ways that were not previously possible.
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Attenborough Arts hosts 'unapologetic display' of Criminal Ornamentation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/19-yinka-shonibare-exhibition
International artist Yinka Shonibare MBE presents a celebration of pattern, repetition and colour from 22 September to 16 December at the Attenborough Arts Centre.