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New species revealed after 25 years of study on ‘inside out’ fossil – and named after discoverer’s mum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/new-species-inside-out-fossil-named-after-mum
Study from University of Leicester describes a new species of fossil that is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved and saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years
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Major investment to establish an innovative research-community driven infrastructure for molecular biology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/digital-research
Five years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains a vital need for further research into preventing disease with the development of new drugs and technologies, so that people live longer and healthier lives
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Study aims to tackle overprescribing across England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medication-review
A £2.4 million study led by the University of Leicester is underway to reduce the amount of unnecessary or inappropriate medications prescribed to older patients
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ispace and University of Leicester collaborate on lunar night survival technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/ispace
The University of Leicester and ispace have entered into an agreement to explore lunar night survivability utilizing Radioisotope Heater Units developed at Space Park Leicester
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Leading Leicester firm supports city’s students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/hybrid-geospatial
Master's student Steve Kelsall completes a 12-month placement at Leicester business Hybrid Geospatial.
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Leicester-led issue of prestigious journal collects latest thinking on human impact on biosphere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/prestigious-journal-human-impact-biosphere
University of Leicester Earth scientist guest-edits issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, building on leading role in the proposal of the Anthropocene epoch which reflects human impact on the biosphere
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National planetary science conference to be hosted in Leicester for first time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/british-planetary-science-conference
The four-day British Planetary Science Conference 2024 will be staged at Space Park Leicester and the National Space Centre from 18 - 21 June.
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The secret behind Scrooge? Research studies Dickens’ coded letters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/dickens-code
Dr Wood added: “Dickens’s shorthand consists of strings of symbols that stand for letters of the alphabet or particular words or phrases.
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Research training
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/research-degrees/research-training
In the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester, all research students are trained for the research that they will undertake and with regard to the transferable skills that they will require throughout their careers.
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University fellows and honorary staff
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/people/university-fellows-and-honorary
Browse our University Fellows and Honorary Staff in Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester and see their subjects and contact details.