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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...
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Make mine a decaf study increases knowledge of nanoparticle growth
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...
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Spectre trailer suggests that Bond is going back to his roots says researcher
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/spectre-could-take-james-bond-back-to-his-roots-researcher-says
Professor James Chapman from the Department of the History of Art and Film has been featured in an article for the Mirror discussing the new...
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Could scream power meet Britains energy requirements
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/could-screams-meet-britains-energy-requirements
Screams extracted from the population of Britain, as seen in the Disney and Pixar film Monsters, Inc,.
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Flexible degrees offered by Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-to-offer-flexible-degrees
Leicester is pioneering its ‘Pathways’ programme, which it believes will provide the most flexible curriculum in the UK, with students able to...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 22 July
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This week Professor Panos Vostanis from the School of Psychology has written an article for The Conversation discussing how Greece's troubled...
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Harnessing the power of rain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/harnessing-the-power-of-rain
Physics students taking the Physics Special Topics module have investigated how viable rainfall is as a source of energy - particularly in...
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Leicester scientists to unlock the secrets of the biological clock
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...
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Physics students win Stewardson essay prizes for creative papers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/physics-students-win-stewardson-essay-prizes-for-creative-papers
This year the Department of Physics and Astronomy has awarded two prizes – the Stewardson essay prizes – to students for their Physics Special...
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How fandom can be viewed as a form or substitute for religion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/how-fandom-can-be-viewed-as-a-form-or-substitute-for-religion
The extent to which mass following of popular culture – popular music stars, TV shows or football fandom – can act as a form of faith for...