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Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime
A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.
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Birth of Giants, University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/20/the-birth-of-giants/
Juno's exploration of the interior of Jupiter via gravitational mapping.
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Thank You For The Music: Student scholars celebrate community support
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/music-scholars-legacy-guild
Speaking at the event, University President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, described the Guild as “valued members of the University family”.
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How locust ears can help us understand hearing loss
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/24-how-locust-ears-can-help-us-understand-hearing-loss
Dr Ben Warren has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship to understand the science behind how ears work and shed light on why hearing loss occurs in animals.
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Shadow ministerial visit highlights efforts to enhance diversity and inclusion in science led by the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/mp-visit
The Shadow Minster for Science, Research and Innovation, Chi Onwurah, has spent a day at Space Park Leicester, speaking to University experts about widening participation and inclusivity in STEM subjects.
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Tiangong1 and Chinas space politics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/tiangong-1-and-china2019s-space-politics
Dr Bleddyn Bowen, a Lecturer at the School of History, Politics and International Relations, and expert in astropolitics and space security, has recently discussed the significance of China’s space station Tiangong-1 in the wider context of international relations in outer space.
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Archive Fever at the Harry Ransom Center (HRC)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2018/06/13/archive-fever-at-the-harry-ransom-center-hrc/
Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on June 13, 2018 Following a research visit to the Harry Ransom Center, CWEW editor of Waugh’s Helena, Sara Haslam, reflects on her illuminating experience.
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Leicester to host first UK screening of acclaimed documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/salt-in-my-soul
Diane Shader Smith, an author in her own right and editor of Mallory’s posthumous book Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life which inspired the film, said: “Mallory was a gifted storyteller who created poetry out of prosaic experiences.
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Leicester research selected as top story by international news distribution platform
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-selected-as-top-story-by-international-news-distribution-platform
Recent research into the technosphere by Professors Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters from the Department of Geology has been selected by AlphaGalileo as the top English language research story in its December newsletter as part of the News Managers'...
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Is social care in crisis?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/is-social-care-in-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 PSA Commission on Care Report Towards a New Deal for Care and Carers was launched last week.