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Shropshire Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/12/15/shropshire-archives/
A description of the work the UOSH Midlands Hub did with collections from Shropshire Archives
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A festive flying pterosaur family reunion 150 million years in the making
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/pterosaur-reunion
University of Leicester study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur
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Female-line family tree
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics/female-line-family-tree
Every one of us, males and females alike, inherit our mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from our biological mother. However, only females, through birth, can pass this onto subsequent generations.
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Air pollution technology underpins system to control vehicle emissions in real time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/air-pollution-technology-underpins-system-to-control-vehicle-emissions-in-real-time
EarthSense Systems, a joint venture between our University and aerial mapping company Bluesky, is helping to develop a system to automatically activate zero-emission running of hybrid vehicles along the most heavily polluted city streets.
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Midlands universities receive research awards to encourage collaboration and excellence in arts and humanities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/ahrc
The University of Leicester is amongst only 50 universities to receive Doctoral Landscape Awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
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Academic discusses Martin McGuinness in a BBC Radio Leicester interview
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/academic-discusses-the-death-of-martin-mcguinness-in-a-bbc-radio-leicester-interview
Dr Richard Butler, from the University of Leicester’s School of History, Politics and International Relations, has discussed the life of Martin McGuinness, who passed away today at the age of 66, in an interview with BBC Radio Leicester.
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Study suggests Mobile Scan and Pay Technology could promote supermarket theft
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-suggests-mobile-scan-and-pay-technology-could-promote-supermarket-theft
Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail outlets.
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Canada
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/north-america/canada
We welcome students from Canada. Find out about entry requirements, the Canadian student community and other country-specific information.
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Researchers solve space riddle of planetary rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/researchers-solve-space-riddle-of-planetary-rings
An international team of scientists, including Professor Nikolai Brilliantov from the Department of Mathematics, has solved an age-old scientific riddle by discovering that planetary rings, such as those orbiting Saturn, have a universally similar particle distribution.
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Geneticist in major project to breed new varieties of wheat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/geneticist-in-major-project-to-breed-new-varieties-of-wheat
Our University has been included in one of three high-value, long-term research projects totalling £13.9M that have been awarded funding by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).