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Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of...
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NHS funding fosters health inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/24-nhs-funding-fosters-health-inequalities
Poverty and deprivation are strongly associated with poor health outcomes, including higher levels of multimorbidity and mortality, resulting in...
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Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-uranus-rings-alma-vlt
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977 — and they stand out as surprisingly...
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Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth
A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly...
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Leicester academic speaks at the CIPD Festival of Work
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/11-phoebe-moore-festival-of-work
Dr Phoebe V.
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Modelling reveals new insight into the electrical conductivity of ionic liquids
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/06-ionic-liquids-relay-race
A collaborative investigation has revealed new insight into how room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) conduct electricity, which may have a great...
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The ‘Forbidden Planet’ has been found in the Neptunian Desert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/30-new-exoplanet-neptune-forbidden-planet
New research by an international group of researchers, including Dr Matt Burleigh and Dr Emma Longstaff of the Department of Physics and Astronomy...
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Leicester named ‘Leader in Openness’ by Understanding Animal Research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/30-openness-award-animal-research
The University of Leicester has received a Leader in Openness Award for the period 2019-2022 from Understanding Animal Research.
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New resources developed to improve educational support for children born preterm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/22-preterm-children-educational-learning-resource
New e-learning resource informs teachers how to support the learning and development of their pupils who were born preterm.
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University of Leicester diabetes professors named among nation’s lifesavers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/16-nations-lifesavers
Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies CBE featured in national campaign.