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• Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/santa-sleigh-engine

  Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester students have found.

• AI tool for breast cancer patients following surgery will be trialled later this year.

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/artificial-intelligence

  An international team of researchers, led by the University of Leicester, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict which breast cancer patients may be at risk of side effects after surgery and radiotherapy.

• Leicester City Graduate Project earns FSB local government prize

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/city-graduate-project-award

  A flagship internship scheme encouraging students from Leicester’s two universities to stay and work in the city after they graduate has been recognised as one of the best regional initiatives at a national award ceremony.

• University of Leicester’s insights from JWST to be showcased at Space Telescope Science Institute

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/jwst-showcased-space-telescope-science-institute-770

  Professor Leigh Fletcher to give the 2025 ESA Distinguished Lecture at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore on 30 October and will showcase University of Leicester work with James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on the outer planets

• Innovative healthcare project to link patient data receives government funding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/04-sprint-exemplar-innovation-projects-patient-data-nhsdigital

  A hospital doctor using a laptop|University of Leicester-led research to increase efficiency of data sharing within the NHS.

• Space School celebrates 30 years since launch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-space-school-30-years

  Space School UK is celebrating its 30th anniversary in July 2019, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landings.

• Innovative UK-led space technology takes off on BepiColombo mission to Mercury

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/18-bepicolombo

  BepiColombo MIXS Instrument - Mission to Mercury -t0H3nz_nkI MIXS instrument The MIXS instrument 700|With £6.

• Programme

  https://le.ac.uk/research/natural-heritage/heritage-hub/celebration-of-heritage/programme

  All activities are in the Students' Union (Percy Gee Building) unless otherwise stated, running from 1200-1600 (Full access guide.) Drop-in sessions Leather working demonstrations and activities with Watermead Leather.

• Leicester scientists discover ‘Star Wars’ planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/leicester-scientists-discover-star-wars-planet

  Scientists from the University of Leicester has revealed for the first time that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings - similar to the planet Tatooine in Star Wars.

• Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies

  Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and University of Swansea, using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals’ lives and deaths more than 2,000...