A team from the University of Leicester, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Paleobiology and the Institute of Paleontology at Yunnan University, Chengjiang Fossil Museum, and the Natural History Museum in London, have redescribed ...
Evolution
Aug 29, 2023
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A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviors originated around 650 million years ago.
Evolution
Jul 14, 2023
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The mystery of a stellar flare a trillion times more powerful than the largest of solar flares may have been solved by a team of scientists who believe a massive young planet is burning up in a superheated soup of raw material ...
Astronomy
Jun 12, 2023
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The cocktail of chemicals that make up the frozen surfaces on two of Jupiter's largest moons are revealed in the most detailed images ever taken of them by a telescope on Earth.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 10, 2022
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New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists' understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form.
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 8, 2022
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New large-scale research led by the University of Leicester shows that winning does not cause people to cheat, in stark contrast to a previous high-profile study.
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2022
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New Leicester research has found that people who commute by car can be subject to higher levels of harmful gases than those who walk or cycle to work.
Environment
Jul 27, 2022
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The first large-scale study of its kind has uncovered more than 4,000 years' worth of distinctive foraging behavior in a species once driven to the brink of extinction.
Ecology
Apr 14, 2022
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New research led by palaeobiologists at the University of Leicester has identified startling similarities between the mouths of grasshoppers and mammal teeth.
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2022
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Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.
Planetary Sciences
Feb 8, 2022
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