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Antarcticas volcanoes a song of ice and fire
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/antarcticas-volcanoes-a-song-of-ice-and-fire
Antarctica is a vast icy wasteland covered by the world’s largest ice sheet. This ice sheet contains about 90% of fresh water on the planet. It acts as a massive heat sink and its meltwater drives the world’s oceanic circulation.
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Scientists discover prehistoric Kite Runner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/scientists-discover-prehistoric-2018kite-runner2019
Scientists have discovered an ancient animal that carried its young in pouches or capsules tethered to the parent’s body like tiny, swirling kites. The miniscule creature, Aquilonifer spinosus, was an arthropod that lived about 430 million years ago.
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New perspectives on Middle East encouraged in relaunched journal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/new-perspectives-on-middle-east-encouraged-in-relaunched-journal
A journal that offers new perspectives on debates within Middle Eastern Studies and challenges orthodoxies in the field has been relaunched at Leicester.
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Research student helps reopen Lincoln Castles longclosed prison
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-student-helps-reopen-lincoln-castle2019s-long-closed-prison
Work by a PhD student that will bring a Victorian Prison back to life has received a royal seal of approval.
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University of Leicester inspires new HeForShe video by Barclays
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/university-of-leicester-inspires-barclayss-heforshe-video
Our fellow 10x10x10 IMPACT Champion, Barclays has replicated our film concept for their own HeForShe campaign video. The video shows Barclays CEOs pledging their commitment to HeForShe - the U.N.
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Leave economics built on dangerous fantasies says academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leave-economics-built-on-dangerous-fantasies-says-academic
Leicester economist and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Hall (pictured) is among leading researchers who have issued a stark warning on the risks of Brexit.
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Astrophysics Seminar 3pm Wednesday 10th November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/08/astrophysics-seminar-3pm-wednesday-10th-november/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2021 Freeke van der Voort (Cardiff) A remote talk on Teams describing the distribution of r-process elements in simulations of Milky-Way-sized galaxies.
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University of Leicester unveils £150m student village
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/freemens-launch
The landmark regeneration project has seen derelict halls of residence and car park transformed into a high-tech centre for teaching, working and living.
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Bradgate Park Fieldschool Season 5 2019
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/bradgate-park-fieldschool/season-5-2019
The fifth season of the Bradgate Park Fieldschool ran from the 20th May to the 5th July 2019, with a public open day on the 29th June. This year, we focussed on two areas of excavation: Bradgate House and a possible medieval settlement to the east.
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Neisseria meningitidis
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/meningitis/neisseria-meningitidis
Neisseria meningitidis, meningitis, meningitis awareness, meningococcus, gram-negative, pathogen, microbiology, nasopharynx, septicaemia, vaccine, vaccination, ACWY, phase variation, genetics, genome, N. lactamica