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Scientists cook up a green recipe for recycling lithium-ion batteries using vegetable oil
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Technique developed at Â鶹ÊÓƵ enables cheaper and sustainable recycling of battery black mass and could impact lithium-ion...
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Local research study contributes to global findings which pinpoint genes for depression across ethnicities
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A Â鶹ÊÓƵ study has contributed to the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major depression, helping to...
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrates a century of science with chemistry and physics
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School of Physics and Astronomy and School of Chemistry mark 100-year anniversary in 2025, with Centenary celebrations on 17 May seeing alumni...
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Reproduction and gene shuffling in malaria parasites: how does it work?
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Scientists from the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham have received nearly £600,000 to research how sexual development and gene shuffling...
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New partnership between Leicester’s universities offers students chance to improve skills for less
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Graduates in Leicester will be able to take discounted further study at either of the city’s universities thanks to a new joint offer.
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Pioneering centre receives £4 million boost
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A pioneering centre at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ which studies bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria has received a major boost...
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientist takes cancer biomarker research to Parliament
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PhD student at the Leicester Cancer Research Centre, Tumie Ntereke, presents her work to politicians and expert judges on 6 March
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Leicester-led study finds long-COVID leaves tell-tale traces in the blood
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A study into the long-term health impacts of coronavirus, led by experts from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, has found long-COVID leaves tell-tale...
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Scientist behind life-saving cancer research returns to Leicester for honorary award
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Award-winning scientist Dr Angela Coxon has returned to her old university in Leicester to receive an honorary title.
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Leicester researcher scoops prestigious award for her work on asthma
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The work of a Leicester researcher testing the benefits of a new treatment for severe asthma has scooped a prestigious award