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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

• Jurassic calamari: amazing fossil proves that flying reptiles preyed on squid

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-pterosaur-vs-squid

  Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, flying close to the water surface to grab soft-bodied cephalopods such as Plesioteuthis subovata. Artwork by C Klug and Beat Scheffold.|An incredible fossil brought to light in a new research paper reveals the feeding habits of extinct flying reptiles.

• Report shows rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths decreased in 2023 but persistent inequalities remain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/perinatal-loss-infancy-death-leicester

  The MBRRACE-UK collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and the University of Leicester’s TIMMS research group, has today published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal deaths of babies born in the UK in 2023.

• Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora with Christmas lightshow

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/webb-mysteries-jupiter-aurora-christmas-lightshow

  Highest time resolution images of Jupiter’s infrared ‘dancing lights’ obtained by University of Leicester-led team on Christmas Day

• 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

• 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

• Business leader honoured by University of Leicester for nation-building legacy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/business-leader-honoured-alumni-university-leicester-nation-building-legacy

  A lifelong career dedicated to excellence in business, transforming education and creating opportunity in Nigeria has been celebrated by the University of Leicester.

• Teenager’s powerful words help train Leicester’s next generation of healthcare professionals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/lexi-letter-nursing-students-leicester

  A teenager who spent months receiving hospital care has written a letter which is being used to shape the next generation of doctors and nurses in Leicester and beyond

• Protecting endangered animals from illegal wildlife trade using mobile DNA sequencing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/09-illegal-wildlife-trade-conference

  University of Leicester researchers presenting innovative DNA analysis methods for testing samples to find species-of-origin at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference between 11-12 October

• 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.