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Space Lates: Jupiter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/05/18/space-lates-jupiter/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 May 2023 Join the team at the National Space Centre for their next Space Lates event, looking at the largest planet in our Solar System, Jupiter.
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Hidden histories revealed at Bradgate Park
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/hidden-histories-revealed-at-bradgate-park
In just the first two weeks of a five-year archaeological project at Bradgate Park, a team of students and staff from the University have unearthed thousands of years of history.
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Community projects
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/royal/visits/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge/projects
As part of their visit to the University of Leicester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were shown three community projects, all reflecting the close ties between the University and Leicester City FC.
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Earliest evidence of wine consumption in the Americas found in Caribbean
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/wine-caribbean
Earliest evidence of wine drinking in the Americas found in Caribbean pottery vessels by team involving the University of Leicester
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Leicester scientists are hoping to create an improved vaccine to fight tuberculosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/tuberculosis
Researchers from the University of Leicester are among those hoping to create an improved vaccine to fight tuberculosis as part of a €9 million Euro project
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Pioneering study identifies over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/thyroid
A new study has identified over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels, shedding light on the causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism (underactive and overactive thyroid).
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Leicester pioneers introduce novel new imaging autopsy service to the NHS
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-pioneers-introduce-novel-new-imaging-autopsy-service-to-the-nhs
Researchers from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust have introduced an alternative method to diagnose the cause of death, which in many cases can replace the need for the traditional invasive autopsy.
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Trident and Triremes: funding for research into nuclear weapons and Ancient Greece
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/10-erc-grants
Two University of Leicester academics have received more than three and a half million euros from the European Research Council for major projects investigating the ancient past and the world of the future.
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Leicester researchers develop lifesaving kits for women in Asia at risk from post-abortion complications
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/leicester-lifesaving-abortion-kits-women-asia
University of Leicester researchers are behind a drive to provide lifesaving kits for women in India and Bangladesh who are at risk from complications following unsafe abortions during disasters.
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Exhibition brings Leicester’s Second World War voices to life to mark VE Day’s 80th anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/website-leicester-second-world-war-voices-ve-day-80th-anniversary
The voices of Leicester people who lived through the Second World War can now be heard on a website launched in time for the 80th anniversary of VE Day (Thursday 8 May 2025).