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Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth
A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly from birth.
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Clinical trial looks at new ways to treat people living with severe aortic stenosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/15-bhf-clinical-trial
BHF Clinical Trials medical staff conducting a clinical trial|New research at the University of Leicester, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), could change the way people living with a debilitating heart condition are treated. The £2.
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Heartwize charity inspires Foxes’ first teamers to buy life-saving equipment for the community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/leicester-city-players-buy-defibrillators-heartwize
Leicester City’s first-team players have purchased life-saving equipment to support the work of a charity established by two cardiologists from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust.
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Attenborough Arts Centre shortlisted for Learning Programme of the Year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/attenborough-arts-centre-heritage-museum-shortlist
Attenborough Arts Centre’s SENsory Atelier programme has been nominated for bringing arts and culture to the classrooms of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
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Leicester screens Film about 7-year-old who saved the lives of 15 people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/30-leicester-screens-film-7-year-old-saved-15-people
Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival logo 2297|Oksijan is being screened as part of the 5th annual Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival The University of Leicester will host the Leicester screening of Oksijan, a short film by writer and director Edward...
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Leicester's local lockdown: a blog from the Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/vc-on-local-lockdown
Leicester is the first city in the UK to be placed under local lockdown – a fact that has brought global attention upon us during the coronavirus crisis. I know this news has come as a blow to many.
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University of Leicester experts urge Britain to get on its feet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/sitting
To mark On Your Feet Britain Day, researchers at the University of Leicester are urging workers across the country to take part in the SMART Work programme, following a stark reminder of the very real risks of sitting too much.
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Unprecedented energy consumption is leaving a permanent stain on planetary history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/anthropocene
A new study co-authored by three professors at the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment argues that the speed and scale of human energy consumption has pushed the Earth towards a new geological epoch, the ‘Anthropocene’.
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Decoding gigantic insect genome could help tackle devastating locust crises
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/locusts
A ‘game changing’ study deciphering the genetic material of the desert locust by researchers at the University of Leicester, could help combat the crop-ravaging behaviour of the notorious insect pest which currently exacerbates a hunger crisis across many developing countries.