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• ‘Worms in space’ experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/worms-space-experiment-biological-effects-spaceflight

  Universities of Leicester and Exeter collaborate on mission to send nematode worms to the International Space Station in a ‘Petri Pod’ designed and built at Space Park Leicester

• Policy and practice

  https://le.ac.uk/gem/policy

  We have a wide range of collaborations and contacts with local, national and international leaders in the field.

• Elizabeth Clapp

  https://le.ac.uk/people/elizabeth-clapp

  The academic profile of Dr Elizabeth Clapp, Associate Professor in American History at University of Leicester

• Swift satellite spots its thousandth gamma-ray burst

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/swift-satellite-spots-its-thousandth-gamma-ray-burst

  Leicester scientists are celebrating the discovery of the 1,000th gamma-ray burst (GRB) by the US/UK/Italian Swift spacecraft. GRBs are the most powerful explosions in the universe, typically associated with the collapse of a massive star and the birth of a black hole.

• Boost to improve the UKs capability in Earth observation to tackle environmental challenges globally

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/boost-to-improve-the-uk2019s-capability-in-earth-observation-to-tackle-environmental-challenges-globally

  Our University is part of a new £2m joint programme which will help to develop innovative technologies to observe Earth from space.

• “We must celebrate”: England’s World Cup win 50 years on

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/07/29/we-must-celebrate-englands-world-cup-win-50-years-on/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on July 29, 2016 On 30 July 1966 England won the World Cup.

• Leicester team shows how to reduce carbon emissions from agricultural peatland

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-team-shows-how-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-from-agricultural-peatland

  Raising the water table could slow down global warming, boost crop yields, and preserve peat soils according to a new study.

• James Bothwell

  https://le.ac.uk/people/james-bothwell

  The academic profile of Dr James Bothwell, Lecturer in Later Medieval English History at University of Leicester

• Academic year: 1999-2000

  https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/99-00

  Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 1999-2000.

• Leicester’s Top 5 COVID research studies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/top-5-covid-research-studies

  One of the top ten Universities in the UK for COVID research has highlighted its top five research projects that have had a global impact.