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• Researchers identify simple methods to prevent heart attacks and stroke

  Date: 1 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/researchers-identify-simple-methods-to-prevent-heart-attacks-and-stroke

  Simple pharmacological solutions to prevent heart attacks and stroke worldwide have been proven effective by an international team involving...

• Richard III team share memories of reinterment week

  Date: 24 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/richard-iii-reunion

  Dr Turi King, of the University's Department of Genetics and Mathew Morris of University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS), have joined...

• Over 200 academics sign up as University experts

  Date: 17 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/over-200-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts

  More than 200 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at our...

• Richard IIIs remarkable story brought to Leicester with detailed exhibition

  Date: 17 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/richard-iiis-remarkable-story-brought-to-leicester-with-detailed-exhibition

  Highcross will host a beguiling exhibition of history, science and a rediscovered king as it pays tribute to the Leicester team which found...

• The Bulletin - Leicester research suggests crime-fearing women prefer dominant partners

  Date: 15 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-leicester-research-suggests-crime-fearing-women-prefer-dominant-partners

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear about the research that shows that women who feel more...

• Millions of people are reading opinion pieces written by Leicester researchers

  Date: 9 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/millions-of-people-are-reading-opinion-pieces-written-by-leicester-researchers

  Millions of people are reading opinion pieces authored by Leicester academics.

• Increase in chronic conditions in older people identified in study

  Date: 29 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/increase-in-chronic-conditions-in-older-people-identified-in-study

  The number of older people in England living with more than one chronic condition could have risen by ten per cent in the last decade putting...

• Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago

  Date: 25 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago

  Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by...

• Research uses Sir David Attenboroughs DNA to determine link between Y chromosome and surname

  Date: 10 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-uses-sir-david-attenborough2019s-dna-to-determine-link-between-y-chromosome-and-surname

  A study carried out by Dr Turi King from the Department of Genetics used the DNA of Sir David Attenborough as part of a larger study to see if...

• What is saffron

  Date: 8 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron

  Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of...