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• Extensive freshened water beneath the ocean floor confirmed for the first time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/freshened-water-ocean-floor-confirmed

  International team including University of Leicester geoscientists provides first detailed evidence of long-suspected hidden fresh water aquifers, following an expedition off the coast of New England in 2025

• A Leap Forward in the Race to Find Extreme Events Quickly

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/12/06/a-leap-forward-in-the-race-to-find-extreme-events-quickly/

  Extreme events in space will be identified faster than ever before thanks to a new tool developed by experts at the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy, write Dr. Phil Evans.

• Conference Report: Forced Labour, Confinement and Represssion: European, Imperial and Post-Colonial

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/02/09/conference-report-forced-labour-confinement-and-represssion-european-imperial-and-post-colonial-perspectives/

  Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on February 9, 2017   Two weeks ago, a joint workshop on ‘Forced labour, confinement and repression: European, Imperial and Post-Colonial Perspectives’ was hosted by The Carceral Archipelago project and The Stanley Burton...

• Sarah Tarlow

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/author/sat12/

  Sarah Tarlow is Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Leicester and PI on the Wellcome-funded research programme 'Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse'

• 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.

• Wedding Season – The University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/06/27/wedding-season/

  Evelyn Waugh and his first marriage to Evelyn Gardner

• Project to strengthen reputation with South American mining sector

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-strengthen-reputation-with-south-american-mining-sector

  A geologist from our University has been awarded a ‘Chile Prosperity Fund’ from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, aimed at developing and delivering Continuing Professional Development (CPD) short courses for the Chilean mining industry.

• Indigeneity and Carcerality: Thinking about reserves, prisons, and settler colonialism

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/10/27/indigeneity-and-carcerality-thinking-about-reserves-prisons-and-settler-colonialism/

  Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on October 27, 2016 In 1871, a group of men – hereditary chiefs of the Six Nations of the Grand River – met with anthropologist Horatio Hale in the town of Brantford, Ontario.

• Introducing PhySoc: Our Physics Society

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/02/introducing-physoc-our-physics-society/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 2 October 2020 University of Leicester’s Physics Society (PhySoc) is a student group that aims to foster an active social side to the Physics degree course with lots of social and academic events throughout...

• Do winners cheat more? New research refutes previous high-profile study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/games-cheating

  New large-scale research led by the University of Leicester shows that winning does not cause people to cheat, in stark contrast to a previous high-profile study.