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Expedition 339: Mediterranean Outflow
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2011-12/mediterranean
November 2011 – January 2012 Expedition 339 was primarily paleoceanographic in nature, focusing mainly on the investigation of Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) through the Strait of Gibraltar (Gibraltar Gateway) and its influence on North Atlantic Ocean circulation and...
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Chairs and Secretaries
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/committees/chairs-secretaries
Find out the chairs and secretaries of each of the standing committees reporting to Senate and Council at the University of Leicester.
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New insight into frictionless surfaces is slippery slope to energy-efficient technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/superlubricity-friction
Scientists led by the University of Leicester have made an insight into superlubricity, revealing that friction is reduced further at lower temperatures
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Did you know? Food and Brazilian assertions of Africanness – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/05/21/did-you-know-food-and-brazilian-assertions-of-africanness/
Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on May 21, 2015 In October 1972, Brazilian foreign minister Gibson Barbosa went on a month-long trip to nine West African countries in order to develop closer economic and political relations with black Africa.
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British-built satellite launches to map Earth’s forests in 3D for the first time with Leicester expertise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/british-satellite-launches-map-earths-forests-leicester
A satellite developed by British academics and engineers, including expertise from the University of Leicester, is set to become the first in the world to measure accurately the condition and carbon mass of the Earth’s forests from space.
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One in four of London’s green spaces breaches air quality safety limits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-london-no2-levels
More than one quarter of London’s parks, playground, and open spaces exceed international safety limits for air quality, potentially putting thousands of children and vulnerable Londoners at risk.
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Leicester team visits Mexico to test deforestation detection by satellites
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-team-visits-mexico-to-test-deforestation-detection-by-satellites
A team of researchers led by Professor Heiko Balzter (pictured, left) from the Department of Geography and accompanied by Roselin Rodríguez García, Technical Co-ordinator of the GEF-Ambio El Ocote Conservation Project, visited Mexico in February as part of a UK...
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PERFORM Dissemination Event 2024 gallery
https://le.ac.uk/perform/events/september-2024-event-gallery
Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Professor Sally Singh and Professor Rod Taylor Professor Kamlesh Khunti Professor Susan Smith Dr James Manifield Professor Frances Mair and Dr Bhautesh Jani Andrew Freeman - Patient Advisory Group (L-R) Dr Grace Dibben-Santillan, Professor...
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The Top 10 priorities for adult heart surgery research
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/top-10-priorities
The surveys and workshops held as part of the Priority Setting Partnership identified the following 10 questions as the priority areas of research for adult heart surgery. Quality of life How does a patient’s quality of life (QOL) change (e.g.
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Applications of Environmental Modelling
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy7718
Module code: GY7718 How are ecosystems determined by the chemo-physical system? How do they feed back to the physical climate system? How large is the carbon cycle feedback from the biosphere to the greenhouse effect? The biosphere is now considered an integral part of the...