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Fish tooth roughness analysis reveals insights into underwater eating habits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/fish-tooth-roughness-analysis-reveals-insights-into-underwater-eating-habits
Leicester scientists led by Professor Mark Purnell from our Department of Geology have developed a technique to perform dietary analysis of fish...
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Researchers shed light on why and how Stonehenge was built
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/researchers-shed-light-on-why-and-how-stonehenge-was-built
Excavation of two quarries in Wales by a team of archaeologists and geologists - including Dr Rob Ixer, a researcher with the Department of...
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Energy research at our University set to accelerate following 180M investment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/energy-research-at-our-university-set-to-accelerate-following-ps180m-investment
Our University is set to play a crucial role in the next step towards the transformation of the UK’s energy sector after the Government confirmed...
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Department of Chemistry strengthens links with collaborators in China
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/department-of-chemistry-strengthens-links-with-collaborators-in-china
Links between our University and a university in China have been strengthened with a new agreement to encourage the exchange of students and...
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Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050
Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of...
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Petrophysicist joins ocean drilling research project investigating the origins of life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/petrophysicist-joins-ocean-drilling-research-project-investigating-the-origins-of-life
On 26 October 2015, the RSS James Cook (pictured) set sail from Southampton on route to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Oxford Professor to discuss the role of science in human existence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-to-discuss-the-role-of-science-in-human-existence
An Oxford Professor is returning to his alma mater to discuss the great questions of what it means to exist and how science can shed light on the...
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NERC invests 8m into lowcarbon technology research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/nerc-invests-ps8m-into-green-energy-technology-research
NERC is investing just over £8m in research to ensure we have access to elements needed to develop a variety of low-carbon technologies.
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Documentary highlights how humans created an artificial planet Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/documentary-highlights-how-humans-created-an-2018artificial2019-planet-earth
The impact humans have had on planet Earth and how we have created an ‘artificial' planet will be explored in a new documentary by an...
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PhD student makes it to finals in ICT Young Pioneers competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/phd-student-makes-it-to-finals-in-ict-young-pioneers-competition
A research postgraduate in the Department of Computer Science has made it through to the finals of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...