Press releases about JIST

View stories related to Natural Sciences in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Science (JIST), written by the University of Leicester Press Office.

2018

• How much comfort can you get from a chocolate bar?

2017

• Student calculates which colour lightsaber would be most powerful

2016

• Student research helps to settle who the victor of a 'superhero showdown' would likely be
• 'The Boy Who Lived'? Students put the science of Harry Potter’s universe to the test
• University will be singing the Blues at victory parade
• Student research stories featured by the BBC
• Was the Force behind Leicester's football success?
• Is it possible to cry a river?
• Student study shows the most powerful Pokémon companion and how fast you could catch em all

2015

• How to train your dragon... to fly
• How much is your time really worth?
• Could scream power meet Britain's energy requirements?
• Unravelling the ‘Minion’ genome
• The Science of Tolkien's Middle-earth
• Students calculate how much of the Amazon would be required to print the Internet