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• Discovery of Hadrosaur footprint over 30 years ago was first dinosaur fossil finding in Scotland

  Date: 25 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/student-discovery-of-2018hadrosaur2019-footprint-over-30-years-ago-was-first-dinosaur-fossil-finding-in-scotland

  Recent discoveries in Patagonia and other parts of South America as part of a four-year study has revealed a ‘mass grave’ littered with charred...

• New enzyme research could help to develop drugs to treat diseases such as cancer and Alzheimers Disease

  Date: 25 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-enzyme-research-could-help-to-develop-drugs-to-treat-diseases-such-as-cancer-and-alzheimer2019s-disease

  New knowledge about the mechanism of specific protein complexes in the body could help in the development of better drugs for the treatment of...

• The Bulletin - Leicester research reveals hit and run motives

  Date: 20 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/the-bulletin-leicester-research-reveals-hit-and-run-motives

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear about the new University of Leicester research revealing why...

• Project to strengthen reputation with South American mining sector

  Date: 19 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-strengthen-reputation-with-south-american-mining-sector

  A geologist from our University has been awarded a ‘Chile Prosperity Fund’ from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, aimed at developing and...

• Research suggests exposure to violence during pregnancy increases risk of prematurity and low birthweight

  Date: 18 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-suggests-exposure-to-violence-during-pregnancy-increases-risk-of-prematurity-and-low-birthweight

  Exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy could lead to an increase in the risk of prematurity and low birthweight, according...

• PhD student invited to Vienna to present his research on how living things become fossils

  Date: 15 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/phd-student-invited-to-vienna-to-present-his-research-on-how-living-things-become-fossils

  A palaeontologist has been invited to Vienna to talk about his doctoral research in the field taphonomy – the process of fossilisation.

• Whats the difference between margin trading and gambling

  Date: 13 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/whats-the-difference-between-margin-trading-and-gambling

  Margin trading allows an individual to borrow money from a broker in order to take much larger positions in financial assets and therefore...

• The Bulletin - Leicester study suggests exercise counteracts sitting time

  Date: 13 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/the-bulletin-leicester-study-suggests-exercise-counteracts-sitting-time

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear about the research which suggests that exercise counteracts...

• Prehistoric peepers provide vital clue in solving ancient Tully Monster mystery

  Date: 11 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/prehistoric-peepers-provide-vital-clue-in-solving-ancient-tully-monster-mystery

  A 300 million year-old fossil mystery has been solved by a team from the Department of Geology, which has identified that the ancient ‘Tully...

• Hilberts sixth problem Can physics be axiomatised

  Date: 7 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/hilberts-sixth-problem

  In 1900, German mathematician David Hilbert published a set of 23 problems that he felt would further the disciplines of mathematics.