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Black hole bullseye sheds light on interstellar dust
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/black-hole-2018bulls-eye2019-sheds-light-on-interstellar-dust
What looks like a shooting target (right) is actually an image of nested rings of X-ray light centred on an erupting black hole. On June 15, NASA's Swift satellite detected the start of a new outburst from V404 Cygni, where a black hole and a sun-like star orbit each other.
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Study finds veins on Mars were formed by evaporating ancient lakes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-finds-veins-on-mars-were-formed-by-evaporating-ancient-lakes
Mineral veins found in Mars’s Gale Crater were formed by the evaporation of ancient Martian lakes, a new study has shown.
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Study finds wage and employment freezes impact on morale
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-finds-wage-and-employment-freezes-impact-on-morale
Wage and employment freezes and other actions taken to combat recessions may compromise the positive effect that employee empowerment may have on staff morale and in turn performance.
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Type 2 diabetes risk score translated into south Asian languages
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/type-2-diabetes-risk-score-translated-into-south-asian-languages
A risk score to identify people who are likely to develop Type 2 diabetes has been translated into two further languages. The part NIHR-funded Leicester Risk Score – which is recommended by health watchdog NICE, used by Diabetes UK and has attracted more than 1.
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Turkish Minister in University visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/turkish-minister-in-university-visit
The Turkish Deputy Minister for Economy Adnan Yildirim, was in the East Midlands as the guest of the Leicester Asian Business Association (LABA) to further enhance Bilateral Trade, investment and research links between Turkey and the Midlands.
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Bishop of Leicester praises Richard III discovery for becoming a nations story
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/bishop-of-leicester-praises-looking-for-richard-project
The Right Reverend Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester has praised the discovery of Richard III as being a story that has gripped the nation in the speech he gave during the reinterment of Richard III on Thursday 26 March at Leicester Cathedral.
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Leicester diabetes experts gather for international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-diabetes-experts-gather-for-international-conference
Leicester diabetes experts will be speaking at a global discussion on diabetes self-management and prevention in Denmark this week.
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We must celebrate Englands World Cup win 50 years on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/201cwe-must-celebrate201d-england2019s-world-cup-win-50-years-on
On 30 July 1966 England won the World Cup.
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Leicester featured in Telegraphs nicest things to have happened in 2016 list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-featured-in-telegraphs-nicest-things-to-have-happened-in-2016-list
The University has featured in a list of the 12 nicest things to happen so far in 2016, compiled by The Telegraph.
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Research shows red meat metabolite levels high in acute heart failure patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-red-meat-metabolite-levels-high-in-acute-heart-failure-patients
Patients with acute heart failure often have high levels of the metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) – of which red meat is a major dietary source - according to research led by Professor Toru Suzuki from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences.