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• Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tree-rings-increasing-rainfall-seasonality-amazon

  Study involving University of Leicester researcher shows intensified seasonal cycles, with wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier, increasing the dangers of flooding and drought

• New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/herpes-genome

  Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.

• Speakers

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/mrem-conference-2023/speakers

  Photos and biographies of the speakers who will be presenting at the MREM Conference 2023

• Fellowship schemes

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/lias/fellowship-schemes

  Learn more about fellowship schemes within the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies.

• Leicester Citys success was written in a 120 yearold football prophecy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-city2019s-success-was-written-in-a-100-year-old-football-prophecy

  Leicester City Football Club’s (LCFC) monumental success in the Premier League was prophesised over 120 years ago - by Leicester fans in 1895.

• Lucy Smith

  https://le.ac.uk/people/lucy-smith

  The academic profile of Professor Lucy Smith, Professor of Perinatal Health at University of Leicester

• Breakthrough discovery in diagnostic tools that can replace commonly used and fragile antibodies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/breakthrough-discovery-in-diagnostic-tools-that-can-replace-commonly-used-and-fragile-antibodies

  Experts from our Biotechnology Group led by Professor Sergey Piletsky in collaboration with the spin-off company MIP Diagnostics Ltd have announced the development of polymeric materials with molecular recognition capabilities which hold the potential to outperform natural...

• Leicester academic brings attention to a lack of care for women after miscarriage

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-brings-attention-to-a-lack-of-care-for-women-after-miscarriage

  Dr Corinne Fowler from our School of Arts has recently spoken out about the mistreatment of women and the lack of communication after a miscarriage. In a recent article for the BBC, Corinne bravely discusses the trauma of her own experience, which happened thirteen years ago.

• Geologists uncover ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for precious metals in Earth’s crust

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/goldilocks-zone

  Leicester research has identified a new ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in the Earth’s crust which could provide metals vital to the green revolution.

• Wounds to the lower jaw and right cheek (injuries 7-8)

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/injuries/skull-7-8

  There were wounds to the jaw and right cheek which were possibly symbolic ‘punishment blows’ delivered to the King’s body after death.