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By Science Correspondent British scientists, including a team from Space Park Leicester, have launched microscopic worms to the International Space Station (ISS) in a groundbreaking experiment aimed at improving understanding of long-duration space travel. The project, led by the University of Exeter and built by the University of Leicester with
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By Health Correspondent A pioneering blood test could change the way womb cancer is diagnosed, sparing women invasive checks and painful biopsies. The ECctDNA test, developed by experts at the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, detects fragments of cancer in the blood, offering a quicker
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By Health Correspondent Babies and their families in Leicester’s Hospitals are set to benefit from thousands of pounds worth of new technology and equipment. Neonatal Nurse, Dr Katie Gallagher, The University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust’s (UHL) Clinical Associate Professor in Neonatal Nursing, has
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By Health Correspondent Struggling to sleep? The answer could be as simple as getting more light during the day. Scientists at the University of Leicester have uncovered new evidence showing that light plays a key role in helping the body sleep properly — and it all starts with the eyes. In
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By Community Correspondent The University of Leicester and Leicester City Football Club are offering £5,000 scholarships to encourage school and college leavers in the region’s most deprived areas to pursue higher education. Five Leicester City Football Club Scholarships are up for grabs for home applicants who live in
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By Education Correspondent A patient safety campaigner whose teenage daughter died after mistakes in hospital care has visited medical students in Leicester to see how a unique teaching approach is helping future doctors develop empathy. Merope Mills, who founded the campaign behind Martha’s Rule, met students at the University
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By Science Correspondent Women scientists leading the fight against some of the world’s most dangerous diseases are celebrating a major milestone this International Women's Day. Researchers from across the globe have joined forces through the vaccine research network VALIDATE Network, which has now grown to more than
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By Conservation Correspondent Geoscientists from the University of Leicester are part of an international team that has discovered and sampled ancient freshwater trapped beneath the ocean floor, possibly for thousands of years. For the first time, scientists have directly studied a large freshwater system sealed below the seabed. The discovery
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By Community Correspondent A pioneering midwife who transformed care for mothers of stillborn babies has been honoured by the University of Leicester. In 1973, Agnes Nisbett suffered the heartbreak of a stillbirth at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI), an experience made even more distressing by the way her baby was taken
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By Education Correspondent The University of Leicester has taken an ambitious step to prepare every single one of its undergraduates for the world of work. From September 2026, all campus-based, undergraduate students completing the whole of their programme at Leicester will receive a guaranteed minimum 100 hours of employer-informed Work-Related
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By Community Correspondent The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden is now home to one of the iconic Sycamore Gap saplings from the National Trust. The Trust has distributed 49 saplings grown from the seed of the famous Northumberland tree that was felled in September 2023 across the UK, including
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By Community Correspondent A former Geology student at the University of Leicester has been reunited with his compass after around 60 years, after it was found in a charity shop with a note to return it to its original owner. Volunteers at Martock Charity Shop were able to reunite David
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By Education Correspondent One of the first of its kind in the UK, the University of Bristol Law Clinic has grown into one of the largest, inspiring similar initiatives at universities nationwide. In 2023, it won the Best Contribution by a Law School award at the LawWorks and Attorney General
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By Health Correspondent Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The study was presented by Pimpika Kaewsri, a PhD student from the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability at the University
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By Science Correspondent A landmark study combining artificial intelligence and genetics has, for the first time, revealed the complex biology behind the development of the human fovea—the tiny pit at the back of the eye responsible for sharp central vision used in reading, recognising faces, and driving. Researchers from
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By Science Correspondent Great British Bake Off star and Leicester’s culinary chemist Dr Josh Smalley is judging a national contest that combines science and baking, run by the Medical Research Foundation. He recently teamed up with Bristol Biomedical Research Centre researcher Lavinia Paternoster to bring a research project to