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Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles
Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.
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Professor Gerry McCann appointed British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/gerry-mccann-cardiology-bhf
The University of Leicester is proud to announce that Professor Gerry McCann has been awarded the distinguished title of British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiology,
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UK planetary science community explore future mission to the Saturn system at Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/planetary-science-future-mission-saturn
90 international space experts gathered to learn more about the potential future European Space Agency (ESA) L4 Mission to Saturn and its moon Enceladus
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Discovery of three giant planets could provide rare glimpse into early solar systems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/trio-giant-planets-early-solar-systems
New study from University of Leicester astronomers reveals three planets orbiting other stars, including one of the longest-orbiting transiting Neptunes discovered so far
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New resources developed for people living with Huntington’s disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/huntingtons-disease-new-guidelines-leicester
A University of Leicester expert has been instrumental in developing new resources for health professionals, supporting people with living with Huntington’s disease
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Its written in the stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/its-written-in-the-stars
Astronomers today opened one of the last remaining windows on the Universe, publishing the first full 3D census of over one billion stars in our Milky Way.
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Leicester Cathedral remembers founding of the University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/25-leicester-cathedral-remembers-founding-of-the-university
Lecture on University of Leicester’s origins in the Great War will form part of remembrance events at Leicester Cathedral
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Leicester’s cutting-edge research and innovation delights Minister
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-research-and-innovation-minister-visit
Minister Chris Skidmore MP was in Leicester today (Friday 8 March) at the start of British Science Week, visiting the University of Leicester to see first-hand how the University and the region is at the cutting-edge of life sciences and space research and innovation.
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Exposure to air pollution in pregnancy and early life has important impacts on lung function in early childhood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/27-pollution-during-pregnancy
New research by the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CESH) at the University of Leicester indicates that exposure to air pollution from road traffic as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and in early life is associated with small but significant...
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Space scientists look to face down climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/sprint-funding
Two pioneering projects led by space scientists at the University of Leicester have been awarded a share of research funding by the UK Space Agency.