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• Anyfin is possible biologist informs BBC Springwatch on sticklebacks

  Date: 8 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/any-fin-is-possible-academic-informs-bbc-springwatch

  Biologist Dr Iain Barber has been providing scientific advice to the BBC Springwatch team based on his research into sticklebacks.

• Research team investigates why cardiac surgery can lead to fatal organ damage

  Date: 2 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-team-investigates-why-cardiac-surgery-can-lead-to-fatal-organ-damage

  The Cardiac Surgery Research team is drawing on support from patients and members of the public to investigate why cardiac surgery can often...

• Childrens maths difficulties research wins top award

  Date: 29 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/childrens-maths-difficulties-research-wins-top-award

  Leicester researchers who investigated why children who are born prematurely struggle with maths have scooped a top national award for excellence...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 14 27 May

  Date: 27 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-14-27-may

  Professor Steven Brown from the School of Management has written a piece for Germany's The European Magazine about how a “memory boom” has left...

• Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens

  Date: 26 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens

  Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and...

• Leicester reaches one million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 22 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-reaches-1-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over one million readers through more than 100 articles on The...

• Prison rehabilitation researcher wins presenting challenge

  Date: 22 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/short-sentence-prison-rehabilitation-researcher-wins-presenting-challenge

  The Graduate School is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s 3 Minute Thesis competition, held on 20 May 2015.

• Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers

  Date: 19 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers

  A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men...

• Nothing to sneeze at high pollen levels recorded

  Date: 15 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nothing-to-sneeze-at-high-pollen-levels-recorded

  If you have found yourself sneezing more than usual, the cause of your recent bouts of hayfever may have been identified.

• Study to help prevent the development of diabetes

  Date: 14 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/study-to-help-prevent-diabetes

  Diabetes experts are carrying out a study to find the best way of screening people with learning disabilities to prevent them from developing...