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  • New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs

    The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that feathers were found on dinosaurs’ close relative, the flying reptiles called pterosaurs.

  • Viking grave discovery suggests warrior of high status was buried at Scottish site

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/viking-grave-discovery-suggests-warrior-of-high-status-was-buried-at-scottish-site

    New light has been shed on a 10th century Viking boat burial site at Swordle Bay in western Scotland, which was discovered by University researchers in 2011.

  • Expert opinions cover Donald Trump South Africa British military Kurds and higher education

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/expert-opinions-cover

    In an article for The Conversation, Dr James Hamill from the School of History, Politics and International Relations discusses the current political climate in South Africa.

  • Research into agricultural revolution in AngloSaxon England sheds new light on medieval land use

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/research-into-2018agricultural-revolution2019-in-anglo-saxon-england-sheds-new-light-on-medieval-land-use

    Researchers from our University will be shedding new light on how an ‘agricultural revolution’ in Anglo-Saxon England fueled the growth of towns and markets as part of a new project investigating medieval farming habits.

  • Increased risk of coronary heart disease associated with shorter height

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/increased-risk-of-coronary-heart-disease-could-be-associated-with-shorter-height

    The shorter you are, the more your risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study led by Professor Sir Nilesh Samani (pictured), British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences.

  • Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences

    Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they receive grants that are actually slightly larger than those won by men.

  • Are we entering a new age

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/are-we-entering-a-new-age

    Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology has been interviewed by Academic Minute discussing the Anthropocene and whether mankind has entered a new age.

  • Bonds latest technique could give criminals a nasty shock

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/bonds-latest-technique-could-give-criminals-a-nasty-shock

    A new crime-fighting technique developed by Dr John Bond OBE from the Department of Criminology could leave criminals shaken - and a little bit stirred.

  • Research finds Earths technosphere now weighs 30 trillion tons

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-finds-earths-2018technosphere2019-now-weighs-30-trillion-tons

    An international team led by our geologists has made the first estimate of the sheer size of the physical structure of the planet’s technosphere – suggesting that its mass approximates to an enormous 30 trillion tons.

  • School of Physics and Astronomy

    https://le.ac.uk/physics

    Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester.

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