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Students film breathtaking images of Earth using high altitude weather balloon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/students-film-breathtaking-curvature-of-earth-using-high-altitude-weather-balloon
Physics students have captured breathtaking images of the Earth’s stratosphere using a high altitude weather balloon. The unmanned balloon and sensor payload reached an altitude of 23.6km, putting it at 1.7 times the altitude ceiling of a 747 airliner.
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CancerStories project recruiting young people with cancer across the East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/cancerstories-project-recruiting-young-people-with-cancer-across-the-east-midlands
An innovative project spearheaded by Professor Alex Mitchell from the Department of Cancer Studies is looking to recruit young people with cancer to share their stories via online video diaries.
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Renowned Indian actor and film producer to speak at our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/renowned-indian-actor-and-film-producer-to-speak-at-our-university
Renowned Indian actor, film producer and Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Mohan Agashe will be delivering a talk on how films can be a source of nutritional entertainment at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 18 July.
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New theorems could help robots to correct errors on-the-fly and learn from each other
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/new-theorems-could-help-robots-to-correct-errors-on-the-fly-and-learn-from-each-other
Errors in Artificial Intelligence which would normally take a considerable amount of time to resolve could be corrected immediately with the help of new research by Leicester mathematicians.
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Film screening to explore post-prison lives of wrongly convicted individuals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/film-screening-to-explore-post-prison-lives-of-wrongly-convicted-individuals
For its inaugural screening Reel Law, Leicester Law School’s film club, is holding a free public screening of BBC documentary ‘Fallout’ and a panel discussion with the film’s director and two of the featured exonerated prisoners.
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University contributes rare manuscript to major Sikh exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-contributes-rare-manuscript-to-major-sikh-exhibition
Our University is contributing a rare Sikh manuscript to a major exhibition showcasing unseen relics and artefacts from the 19th Century Anglo Sikh Wars.
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Event to showcase leading tuberculosis research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/event-to-showcase-leading-tuberculosis-research
World TB Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and to promote efforts to eliminate the disease.
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Leicester experts comment on Westminster terror attack
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-experts-comment-on-westminster-terror-attack
Experts at our University have commented on the recent terrorist attack outside Westminster, which took place on Wednesday 22 March.
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PhD student wins Royal Society of Biology Poster Walks competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/phd-student-wins-royal-society-of-biology-poster-walks-competition
30 students showcased their posters to the public at the University of Lincoln this week, with a number of students attending from our University.
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Professor Daniel Teta
https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/daniel-teta
Find out more about Professor Daniel Teta, alumnus of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. He is Professor of Nephrology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.