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Assassins Creed may give gamers a gripping sense of vertigo but its leaping calculations are optimistic at best
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/the-science-of-assassins-creed
The popular video game franchise 'Assassin’s Creed' often depicts characters leaping off tall buildings into piles of loose hay or straw lying on the ground or in a cart, by diving head first then executing a half-summersault to land on their back.
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Research explores how destroyed star rains onto black hole
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/destroyed-star-rains-onto-black-hole-winds-blow-it-back
New details about what happens when a black hole tears apart a star have been gathered by a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes giving scientists, including Leicester astronomers, an excellent opportunity to understand the extreme environment around a black hole.
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Richard III discovery at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/richard-iii-discovery-at-the-royal-society-summer-exhibition
The team behind the scientific detective story of the decade, the discovery of King Richard III, has been selected as one of 22 exhibitors at the Royal Society’s annual display of the most exciting cutting-edge science and technology in the UK.
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Researcher to discuss the future beyond antibiotics at lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/researcher-to-discuss-the-future-beyond-antibiotics-at-lecture
Pioneering research into bacteriophage therapy as an alternative to antibiotics will be discussed at this year’s Frank May Prize Lecture on Monday 21 September from 5.30 – 6.30pm at the Henry Wellcome Building on campus.
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Monkeys and chimpanzees have created their own archaeological sites dating back hundreds of years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/monkeys-and-chimpanzees-have-created-their-own-archaeological-sites-dating-back-hundreds-of-years
Capuchin monkeys have created their own archaeological sites in Brazil, complete with nut-cracking tools that date back at least 600-700 years ago, according to recent research – and Dr Huw Barton from the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History...
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Additional tickets available for David Attenborough lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/sir-david-attenborough-lecture-ticket-information
Due to unprecedented demand for tickets for Sir David Attenborough’s lecture ‘Beauty in Nature’ on Thursday 28 January, the venue for the event has been changed to De Montfort Hall which offers increased capacity.
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Leicester ranked amongst prestigious top 100 universities in Europe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-ranked-amongst-prestigious-top-100-universities-in-europe
The University of Leicester has been ranked amongst the top universities in Europe by a new ranking of elite institutions across the continent.
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New elite ranking of world universities places Leicester amongst top institutions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-elite-ranking-of-world-universities-places-leicester-amongst-top-institutions
A new ranking of the world’s top 300 elite universities has ranked the University of Leicester among the leading institutions in the world.
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Excavation of Roman Cemetery nominated for national archaeology award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/excavation-of-roman-cemetery-nominated-for-national-archaeology-award
For the second year running a project led by Leicester archaeologists has been nominated in the Current Archaeology Awards, this year in the category ‘Rescue Project of the Year’.
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UK first heart operations using novel system at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/uk-first-heart-operations-using-novel-system-at-leicester
The UK’s first heart operations using a novel software platform to pinpoint the source of the heart condition have been carried out in Leicester thanks to research at the University.