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Local schoolchildren to board a steam train in the name of science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/local-schoolchildren-to-board-a-steam-train-in-the-name-of-science
Schoolchildren from the East Midlands will be jumping on board a steam train on Friday 13 March to perform a classic science experiment as part of...
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Leicester academic provides expertise in Richard III-inspired design challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-academic-provides-expertise-in-richard-iii-inspired-design-challenge
Professor Sarah Hainsworth (pictured) from the Department of Engineering has provided architecture students at De Montfort University with her...
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Film footage offers unique insight into Richard III burial site dig
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/film-footage-offers-unique-insight-into-richard-iii-burial-site-dig
The University has released a unique insight into the archaeological dig that has captured the imagination of the world, with new film footage of...
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Study suggests millions of modern men are descendants of 11 dynastic leaders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/genetic-study-suggests-millions-of-modern-are-descendants-of-11-asian-dynastic-leaders
A team of geneticists led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics has discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended...
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Gospel Choir aiming for success in national finals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/gospel-choir-aiming-for-success-in-national-finals
Members of the Leicester University Gospel Choir (LUGC) have been selected as one of eight finalists to be taking part in the national finals of...
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Suite of Richard III videos made available to the public
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/suite-of-richard-iii-videos-made-available-to-the-public
The University has made a suite of documentary footage available to media and the public ahead of the reburial of King Richard III on Thursday 26...
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UK climate instruments to measure fluctuations in greenhouse gas levels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/uk-climate-instruments-hitch-a-ride-on-nasa2019s-global-hawk
Two cutting-edge science instruments developed by UK researchers have taken to the skies aboard NASA’s Global Hawk research aircraft for the first...
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Study reveals how dietary phosphate can increase heart disease risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/study-reveals-how-dietary-phosphate-can-increase-heart-disease-risk
A new study has found that high phosphate levels can cause a stress signal inside the cells that line blood vessels, leading to the release of...
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Richard III and the legacy of his re-discovery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/richard-iii-and-the-legacy-of-his-re-discovery
Mathew Morris (pictured), Site Director for the Grey Friars Project, University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS), has written an...
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Artist to retype famous novel on a single sheet of paper
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/artist-to-retype-famous-novel-on-a-single-sheet-of-paper
Kingsley Amis’s celebrated novel ‘Lucky Jim’ will be retyped onto a single sheet of paper at the David Wilson Library between 7-14 March by an...