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  • Genetically modified bacteria to help combat muscle fatigue being developed by students

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/genetically-modified-bacteria-to-help-combat-muscle-fatigue-being-developed-by-students

    A team of second-year students are taking part in the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM), in which they are required...

  • New way to kill the malaria parasite identified

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/new-way-to-kill-the-malaria-parasite-identified-by-study

    Scientists have discovered new ways in which the malaria parasite survives in the blood stream of its victims - a discovery that could pave the...

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

    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...

  • Insights into visual supersense provided by new study

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researcher-gains-new-insights-into-human-visual-abilities

    An experiment originally designed to test the visual abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish has provided researchers with new insights into a human...

  • Graduate takes part in ITVs Ninja Warrior

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/biology-graduate-takes-part-in-itv2019s-ninja-warrior

    A recent graduate has excelled in the first season of the ITV gameshow Ninja Warrior, beating a variety of challenges and hundreds of other...

  • Figures associated with University receive Queens birthday honours

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/figures-associated-with-university-receives-queen2019s-birthday-honours

    An archaeologist whose work helped to establish a new branch of her discipline is one of several figures associated with the University of...

  • Anyfin is possible biologist informs BBC Springwatch on sticklebacks

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/any-fin-is-possible-academic-informs-bbc-springwatch

    Biologist Dr Iain Barber has been providing scientific advice to the BBC Springwatch team based on his research into sticklebacks.

  • Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens

    Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and...

  • Leicester reaches one million readers on The Conversation

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-reaches-1-million-readers-on-the-conversation

    Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over one million readers through more than 100 articles on The...

  • Nothing to sneeze at high pollen levels recorded

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nothing-to-sneeze-at-high-pollen-levels-recorded

    If you have found yourself sneezing more than usual, the cause of your recent bouts of hayfever may have been identified.
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