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• Richard IIIs remarkable story brought to Leicester with detailed exhibition

  Date: 17 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/richard-iiis-remarkable-story-brought-to-leicester-with-detailed-exhibition

  Highcross will host a beguiling exhibition of history, science and a rediscovered king as it pays tribute to the Leicester team which found...

• The Bulletin - Leicester research suggests crime-fearing women prefer dominant partners

  Date: 15 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-leicester-research-suggests-crime-fearing-women-prefer-dominant-partners

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear about the research that shows that women who feel more...

• Millions of people are reading opinion pieces written by Leicester researchers

  Date: 9 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/millions-of-people-are-reading-opinion-pieces-written-by-leicester-researchers

  Millions of people are reading opinion pieces authored by Leicester academics.

• Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago

  Date: 25 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago

  Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by...

• Research uses Sir David Attenboroughs DNA to determine link between Y chromosome and surname

  Date: 10 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-uses-sir-david-attenborough2019s-dna-to-determine-link-between-y-chromosome-and-surname

  A study carried out by Dr Turi King from the Department of Genetics used the DNA of Sir David Attenborough as part of a larger study to see if...

• What is saffron

  Date: 8 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron

  Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of...

• Leicester research cited in new series of the X-Files

  Date: 3 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/leicester-research-cited-in-new-series-of-the-x-files

  Actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have solved countless mysteries and battled a variety of fierce aliens throughout the years playing...

• 2015 in news - a selection of key stories from across the year

  Date: 21 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/2015-in-review-key-stories-from-across-the-year

  Now that 2015 has come to a close, catch up with some of the key University news stories from the past year.

• Geneticist in major project to breed new varieties of wheat

  Date: 14 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/geneticist-in-major-project-to-breed-new-varieties-of-wheat

  Our University has been included in one of three high-value, long-term research projects totalling £13.

• 25 years ago Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys solved the mystery of what happened to notorious Nazi war criminal

  Date: 19 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/25-years-ago-professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-solved-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-notorious-nazi-war-criminal

  25 years ago yesterday (18 November, 1990), the Leicester Mercury ran an article about genetic fingerprinting pioneer Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys,...