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• Â鶹ÊÓƵ assembles local expertise to provide thought for food

  Date: 10 Feb 2025

  /news/2024/november/food-land-use-summit

  Food and Land Use Summit on 12 February will map the journey of Leicester and Leicestershire’s food to its tables

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ scores Silver for sustainability

  Date: 6 Feb 2025

  /news/2025/february/sustainability-award

  EcoCampus has awarded the University a Silver certificate for its sustainability efforts

• UK researchers join UN led collaboration to measure methane emissions from Nord Stream Pipeline Leak – largest ever leak of methane recorded

  Date: 17 Jan 2025

  /news/2025/january/nord-stream-methane-1-770

  Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientists at the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) have contributed to a study of methane emissions from the...

• Discovery of new 430 million-year-old fossils challenges our understanding of ancient molluscs

  Date: 8 Jan 2025

  /news/2025/january/punk-emo

  Study involving Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientist examines ‘exceptionally preserved’ soft tissues in fossils

• Exposure to aircraft noise linked to worse heart function

  Date: 8 Jan 2025

  /news/2025/january/aircraft-heart

  Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers worked with UCL on analysis of heart imaging data from people who lived close to major airports in England.

• A multidisciplinary team of scientists aim to solve the mystery of magnetoreception

  Date: 6 Jan 2025

  /news/2025/january/magnetoreception

  A significant research grant from the Wellcome Trust will allow a team of researchers to identify the biological mechanisms through which magnetic...

• Women exposed to MWI emissions show small increase in breast milk pollutants

  Date: 18 Dec 2024

  /news/2024/december/mwi-emissions

  Study involving Professor Anna Hansell, from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, analysed impact of...

• First ever AI for Net Zero conference joined by Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientists

  Date: 18 Dec 2024

  /news/2024/december/ai-net-zero

  AI for Net Zero conference forms part of a programme led by Professor Heiko Balzter at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ

• Antarctica’s irregular heartbeat shows signs of rapid melting

  Date: 10 Dec 2024

  /news/2024/december/ice-sheets

  Geoscientists led by Universities of Leicester and Southampton create new climate record for early Antarctic ice ages and reveal that the early...

• Leap in modelling human impact on climate may lead to early warning of climate disasters

  Date: 10 Dec 2024

  /news/2024/december/tipping-points

  Mathematicians led by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have applied statistical mechanics to climate change detection and attribution for first time,...