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Cat-ching criminals with DNA from pet hairs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/cat-dna
Cat hair could be the purr-fect way to catch criminals, according to researchers from the University of Leicester.
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University of Leicester archives uncover accounts of the supernatural
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/halloween
The University of Leicester has uncovered a series of spooky documents and images from its Library archives.
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Spooky flower will bloom in time for Hallowe’en
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/botanic-garden
The spookily-named Corpse Flower is about to bloom in the University’s Botanic Garden – just in time for Hallowe’en.
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University of Leicester and Birmingham Museums Trust join forces to tackle museum attendance and benefit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/birmingham-museums-trust
The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) will host a series of public workshops to address the museum attendance and benefit gap.
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The term “antimicrobial resistance” has little meaning to the public and should be renamed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/antimicrobial-resistance
The public is failing to take antimicrobial resistance seriously and it could all be down to the scientific terminology used.
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Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/uranus-aurora
University of Leicester astronomers confirm the existence of an infrared (IR) aurora on Uranus, providing insights into how magnetic field on ice...
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Diabetes researcher listed as a top ethnic minority health leader in England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/diabetes-research
A Leicester-based professor known as ‘Mr South Asian diabetes’ has been named as one of England’s most prominent individuals from an ethnic...
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Leicester starts initiative with Apollo to transform global healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/apollo-hospitals
University of Leicester signs Memorandum of Understanding with one the world’s largest integrated healthcare service providers, The Apollo...
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James Webb Space Telescope makes first detection of heavy element from star merger
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/gamma-ray
Merger of neutron stars that generated an explosion that created a gamma-ray burst identified.
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Bizarre new fossils shed light on ancient plankton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/fossils-plankton
Microfossils discovered by University of Leicester scientist date back half a billion years.