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Academic and adventurer describes climbing and cataloguing remote regions of the South American Andes mountains
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/academic-and-adventurer-describes-climbing-and-cataloguing-remote-regions-of-the-south-american-andes-mountains
Dr Suzie Imber from the Department of Physics and Astronomy is giving a talk about a unique adventure which saw her scale and catalogue a remote...
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Researcher discusses link between Maths and Music
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/researcher-discusses-link-between-maths-and-music
In anticipation of World Maths Day on Saturday 15 October, Leicester mathematician Professor Ruslan Davidchack describes mathematics as “the...
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New Centre highlights research into creativity social justice and inequality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-centre-highlights-research-into-creativity-social-justice-and-inequality
A new research Centre focusing on issues of social injustice both locally and globally is being formed by academics in the Department of Geography.
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New way of screening toxic chemicals mimics mammal senses
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-way-of-screening-toxic-chemicals-mimics-mammal-senses
Researchers from our University have developed a new approach for analysing toxic chemicals in complex samples that mimics the way mammals smell...
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Leicester graduate reaches GBBO quarter final
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-graduate-reaches-gbbo-quarter-final
Leicester Economics graduate Benjamina Ebuehi (pictured) has reached the quarter finals of the popular BBC baking show The Great British Bake Off.
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Finance and physics to provide insight into markets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/finance-and-physics-to-provide-insight-into-markets
A new network of researchers led by our University aims to bring together the disparate fields of physics and finance to provide unique insights...
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Project to provide scientists with access to worlds largest highenergy gammaray observatory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/project-to-provide-scientists-with-access-to-worlds-largest-high-energy-gamma-ray-observatory
Our University is part of a new project that will provide scientists with access to the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray...
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Influential black and minority ethnic scientists recognised for contributions to society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/influential-black-and-minority-ethnic-scientists-recognised-for-contributions-to-society
Leicester physicists are marking Black History Month by profiling the most influential BME scientists from both history and modern times.
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Psychology students complete placement in Sri Lanka
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-students-complete-mental-health-placement-in-sri-lanka
Over the summer, two Leicester students travelled to Sri Lanka to undertake a voluntary Mental Health Placement with SLV, a graduate-led...
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Competition winners to receive photographs signed by Tim Peake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/competition-winners-to-receive-photographs-signed-by-tim-peake
Children will be awarded their chosen photographs taken by astronauts at a ceremony at the National Space Centre this week.