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                Study suggests millions of modern men are descendants of 11 dynastic leadershttps://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 finalshttps://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 publichttps://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 levelshttps://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 riskhttps://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-discoveryhttps://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 paperhttps://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... 
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                Space technology explores large-scale changes to the climate of Africahttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/space-technology-explores-large-scale-changes-to-the-climate-of-africa An international research team led by Professor Heiko Balzter, Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research from the Department of... 
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                Embrace Arts will soon be Attenborough Arts Centrehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/embrace-arts-will-soon-be-attenborough-arts-centre The University of Leicester’s new gallery is moving towards its target completion date in Autumn 2015. 
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                Conference to discuss ways of eradicating female genital mutilation in the UKhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/conference-to-discuss-ways-of-eradicating-female-genital-mutilation-in-the-uk This year, more than 20,000 girls under the age of 15 will be at risk of genital mutilation in the UK.