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• Taking to new heights to help beat cancer

  Date: 4 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/taking-to-new-heights-to-help-beat-cancer

  A Leicester man is taking fundraising to new heights – 15,000ft, to be precise. on Saturday 8 August 2015 at Hibaldstow Airfield in Lincolnshire.

• Chemical in red grapes may help prevent bowel cancer

  Date: 29 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/chemical-in-red-grapes-may-help-prevent-bowel-cancer

  Resveratrol, a chemical found in red grapes, is more effective in smaller doses at preventing bowel cancer in mice than high doses, according to...

• Make mine a decaf study increases knowledge of nanoparticle growth

  Date: 23 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/make-mine-a-decaf-study-increases-knowledge-of-nanoparticle-growth

  A team of researchers from Leicester's Department of Physics and Astronomy and France’s G2ELab-CNRS in Grenoble have for the first time observed...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 22 July

  Date: 22 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-22-july

  This week Professor Panos Vostanis from the School of Psychology has written an article for The Conversation discussing how Greece's troubled...

• Leicester scientists to unlock the secrets of the biological clock

  Date: 21 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-scientists-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-the-biological-clock

  A new study led by the University of Leicester will investigate the how the length of tiny pieces of DNA called telomeres play a part in the...

• Study provides insight into zincs important role in heartbeat regulation

  Date: 14 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/study-provides-insight-into-zincs-important-role-in-heartbeat-regulation

  Leicester researchers have been involved in a study with University of St Andrews examining the role zinc plays in regulating heartbeat.

• Link between inherited DNA sequences and heart disease identified

  Date: 9 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/link-between-inherited-dna-sequences-and-heart-disease-identified

  A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest...

• Winners of Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 announced

  Date: 8 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/winners-of-festival-of-postgraduate-research-2015-announced

  The winners of the Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 have been announced.

• Free public lecture on mindfulness to focus on enhancing learning mental health and happiness

  Date: 1 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/free-public-lecture-on-mindfulness-to-focus-on-enhancing-learning-mental-health-and-happiness

  Members of the public are invited to attend a free public lecture on how mindfulness can help them.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 18 June 1 July

  Date: 1 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-18-june-1-july

  Professor Philip Shaw from the School of English has written an opinion piece for The Conversation where, two centuries after Waterloo, he...