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• Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say

  Date: 12 March 2025

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ palaeontologists publishing new book on technofossils suggest that wind turbine blades, made from difficult to recycle...

• International day marks the issues behind avoidable deaths

  Date: 10 March 2025

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  The third instalment of an annual global day of awareness of the issues around avoidable deaths takes place this week.

• Scientists cook up a green recipe for recycling lithium-ion batteries using vegetable oil

  Date: 24 February 2025

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  Technique developed at Â鶹ÊÓƵ enables cheaper and sustainable recycling of battery black mass and could impact lithium-ion...

• Satellites are making our food more secure and sustainable, says Leicester expert

  Date: 14 February 2025

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  Earth observation expert Professor Heiko Balzter speaks as Â鶹ÊÓƵ holds Food and Land Use Summit, where Leicester experts...

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

  Date: 10 February 2025

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  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 February 2025

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  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 January 2025

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  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 January 2025

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

• Exposure to aircraft noise linked to worse heart function

  Date: 8 January 2025

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  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 January 2025

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