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• Expert opinions cover the British Empire air pollution the CIA and how society sleeps

  Date: 14 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-the-british-empire-air-pollution-the-cia-and-how-society-sleeps

  Dr Stan Neal from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has written an article for The Conversation about how the British...

• Leicester shortlisted for a Guardian University Award

  Date: 8 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-shortlisted-for-a-guardian-university-award

  The University has been shortlisted for a Guardian University Award for its campaign work on the 'Vardyquake' project - a student-led project that...

• Research reveals air pollution can alter the effectiveness of antibiotics and increases the potential of disease

  Date: 2 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-reveals-air-pollution-can-alter-the-effectiveness-of-antibiotics-and-increases-the-potential-of-disease

  Researchers from the University have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air...

• Earthquakes tsunamis and Japans explosive geology

  Date: 28 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/earthquakes-tsunamis-and-japan2019s-explosive-geology

  Geological records of earthquakes and tsunamis affecting Japan and the surrounding region will be the subject of the 58th Annual Bennett Lecture...

• Leicester scientists take their research to Parliament

  Date: 27 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-scientist-takes-her-research-to-parliament

  Chemistry students at the University of Leicester will be attending Parliament to present their chemistry research to a range of politicians and a...

• Expert opinions cover the Stoke byelection rocks and Indian banknotes

  Date: 20 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-trump-rocks-an-indian-banknotes

  Inès Hassen, Researcher at the Centre for Urban History and Teaching Fellow in French Studies, discusses how the cultural and economic history of...

• Discovery of new fossil from half billion years ago sheds light on life on Earth

  Date: 30 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/discovery-of-new-fossil-from-half-billion-years-ago-sheds-light-on-life-on-earth

  Scientists from the universities of Leicester and Cambridge have discovered a new species of fossil that will shed light on early animal ecosystems.

• Leicester reaches three million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 27 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-reaches-three-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over three million readers through over 180 articles written...

• Academic discusses Anthropocene for BBC Radio 4s The Life Scientific programme

  Date: 17 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-discusses-2018age-of-man2019-for-bbc-radio-42019s-the-life-scientific-programme

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology featured on BBC Radio Four’s ‘The Life Scientific’ programme to discuss...

• Forbes names Leicester academic in list of prodigious stars changing the world

  Date: 17 Jan 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/forbes-names-leicester-academic-in-list-of-prodigious-stars-changing-the-world

  A researcher from our Department of Geology has been named to Forbes’ second annual ‘30 Under 30 Europe’ list in the Science and Healthcare Category.