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Elfen
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/elfen
Elfen is a novel space mission that will constrain the influence of heavy ions on the dayside of the magnetosphere, as well as the mechanism that feed the formation and evolution of the nightside low-latitude plasma sheet.
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Gut bacteria influence responses to immunotherapy in patients with asbestos related cancer, Leicester study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/gut-bacteria
A cancer study by a Leicester expert has found that certain gut bacteria may influence whether or not a patient’s immune system is successful in fighting mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer;
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Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/lunatic-asylum
What we have known since the 1960s as the Fielding Johnson Building was originally the Leicestershire County Lunatic Asylum: the first public provision of care for pauper ‘lunatics’ (an all-encompassing term used at the time for many mentally and physically debilitating...
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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
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Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-fossils-vertebrates-four-eyes
Study by international team of researchers, including a University of Leicester palaeontologist, examines exquisitely preserved fossils from the Cambrian period
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Leicester engineers to stress test new technology to store waste heat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/energy-storage
A Europe-wide project developing a new electrothermal energy storage system involves materials experts at the University of Leicester and will take advantage of phase change materials (PCMs) to efficiently store heat
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Licence to Kill? Managing with Violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/05/06/licence-to-kill-managing-with-violence/
Posted by Gibson Burrell in School of Business Blog on May 6, 2015 Former Head of School, Professor Gibson Burrell , uncovers a series of uncomfortable parallels between managerialism and the militaRy At first sight, it appears as if the discipline of ‘business and...
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Rosie Johnson
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/author/rej17/
Rosie is a research student working towards completion of her doctoral degree with the Radio and Space Plasma Physics research group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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From the past to the future of work
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2025/02/04/from-the-past-to-the-future-of-work/
Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on February 4, 2025 Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, University of Leicester School of Business.
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jbridges: Page 29
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/29/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.