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The solvents solving our gold challenges
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/the-solvents-solving-our-gold-challenges
Work in our Departments of Geology and Chemistry to develop safer and greener ways to process gold has been featured on the BBC World Service’s...
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Academics contribute to Global Informality Project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/academics-contribute-to-global-informality-project
Researchers from our School of History, Politics and International Relations have contributed to the Global Informality Project, led by Professor...
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Academic to provide expert analysis for BBC on General Election results
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/academic-to-provide-expert-analysis-for-bbc-on-general-election-results
A Leicester academic will be providing expert analysis and commentary during BBC Radio Leicester’s all-night broadcast for the 2017 General...
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Expert opinions cover the Anthropocene Leo Varadkar trauma after terror attacks and protest camps
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/expert-opinions-cover-the-anthropocene-leo-varadkar-and-trauma-after-terror-attacks
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz from the Department of Geology has discussed the origin and implications of the term 'Anthropocene' in Science, People...
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Winners of postgraduate presentation competition announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/winners-of-postgraduate-presentation-competition-announced
The two winners of a competition that challenged postgraduate students to present their research in just three minutes have been announced.
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Event to allow children to experience the spectacle of chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/event-to-allow-children-to-experience-the-spectacle-of-chemistry
Our University is staging a celebration of science for schoolchildren.
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Expert opinions cover emergency planning and preventing extremism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/expert-opinions-cover-emergency-planning-and-preventing-extremism
Lucy Easthope, an associate tutor in the Civil Safety and Security Unit within the School of Business, has written an article on the Manchester...
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Type 2 diabetes could overwhelm NHS unless changes are made Leicester experts warn
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/type-2-diabetes-could-overwhelm-nhs-unless-changes-are-made-leicester-experts-warn
Melanie Davies CBE (pictured), a Professor of Diabetes Medicine at our University and the Leicester Diabetes Centre, has commented on the rise in...
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Special comedy event and animated film in honour of playwright and provocateur Joe Orton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/special-comedy-event-and-animated-film-in-honour-of-playwright-and-provocateur-joe-orton
To mark 50 years since the death of Joe Orton, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Shepherd is collaborating with Dr Emma Parker from our School of...
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Leicester scientists help to shed light on ancient Mars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-scientists-help-to-shed-light-on-wet-ancient-mars
Pale "halos" around fractures in bedrock analysed by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover contain copious silica, indicating that ancient Mars had liquid...