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New research on global surface ozone levels highlights regions and populations most affected by air pollution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/new-research-on-global-surface-ozone-levels-highlights-regions-and-populations-most-affected-by-air-pollution
New research led by the Universities of Leicester and Edinburgh and a number of institutions worldwide has analysed ozone levels across the globe, with some regions of East Asia showing increasing levels of ozone air pollution.
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Gene inheritance for school and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-inheritance/gene-inheritance-school-colleges
Geneticists are interested in how genes, and the characteristics they influence, are passed on in families. Find out more by using our resources, designed for students in schools and colleges.
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Funding boost for sports at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/25-funding-boost-for-sports-at-leicester
Sports funding womens lacrosse|Funding boost for sports at Leicester The University of Leicester has been granted around £17,000 to support new sporting initiatives.
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Leicester Professor to lead UK Space Science Strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-martin-barstow-uksa
Professor Martin Barstow has been appointed as Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Science Programme Advisory Committee, leading the UK's approach to Space Science.
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Global first test success for a University of Leicester–NASA space power system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/test-success-university-leicester-nasa-space-power-system
Scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA’s Glenn Research Center have combined cutting edge radioisotope power system technology with high efficiency power convertor technology
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Regular exercisers should be reassured by results of heart study, experts claim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/heart-study
A study by University of Leicester researchers, investigating the belief that too much exercise can be bad for the heart has found that the heart’s structure and function does adapt to high levels of habitual physical activity but these changes stay within normal ranges
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Donation will advance ground-breaking work taking place to help those at risk of sudden cardiac death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/lifemap
Heart experts at the University of Leicester have been awarded £400,000 to advance their work on a technique to assess a patient’s risk of sudden cardiac death
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David Wilson Library changes for 2023-24
https://le.ac.uk/library/news/david-wilson-library-changes-for-2023-24
If you're returning to the David Wilson Library for the first time since the Summer, you will notice a few changes to areas of the building for the start of the academic year.
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Contextualising Captain Scotts Echinoderm Collections at the Natural History Museum
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement/contextualising-captain-scotts-echinoderm-collections-at-the-natural-history-museum
Captain Scott’s doomed expedition/Eddie Jenkins, MA Museum Studies
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Renowned street artist creates ghostimage of famous playwright Joe Orton in library
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/renowned-street-artist-creates-ghost-image-of-famous-playwright-joe-orton-in-library
A renowned street artist has spray-painted a ‘ghost image’ of playwright Joe Orton in our Library – which he hopes will encourage people to reflect on the legacy of the writer.