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Leicester scientists aim to inspire the next generation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/cube-stem-leicester-scientists-schools
Artificial intelligence is the focus of a three-day event for Leicestershire youngsters aimed at engaging them in STEM subjects
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Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers
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 descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...
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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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Hilberts sixth problem Can physics be axiomatised
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/hilberts-sixth-problem
In 1900, German mathematician David Hilbert published a set of 23 problems that he felt would further the disciplines of mathematics. All unsolved at the time, the problems influenced the work of mathematicians throughout the 20th century.
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Professional services staff
https://le.ac.uk/history/people/professional-services-staff
Browse a list of the professional services staff currently working in History at Leicester. Find out ways to get in touch via telephone and email.
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Resources for teachers
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/epigenetics/resources-for-teachers
Material designed for teachers, aimed at either A-Level or undergraduate students, which introduces epigenetics.
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The rise of horse power ~ 4,200 years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/horses
1. An international research team sequenced the genomes of hundreds of horse archaeological remains to track the historical rise of horse-based mobility around 4200 years ago in the Pontic-Caspian steppes. 2.
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History of Leicester’s iconic market revealed as revamp resumes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/history-iconic-market-revamp-resumes
One of the most significant excavations ever undertaken in Leicester’s historic core has now largely been completed by University of Leicester Archaeological Services, at the site of the city’s new market square
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Postgraduate research students
https://le.ac.uk/health-sciences/people/postgraduate-research-students
Meet the postgraduate research students in the Health Science department at the University of Leicester.
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Blood clots during COVID-19 may be a cause of ongoing cognitive problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/brain-fog
High levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including ‘brain fog’, giving a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots