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Mercury exploration timeline
https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/about/mercury-timeline
1973 – Launch of Mariner 10 (NASA mission) 1974 – Mariner 10 makes two flybys of Mercury 1975 – Third and final Mariner 10 flyby 2004 – Launch of MESSENGER (NASA mission) 2008 – MESSENGER makes two flybys of Mercury 2009 – Third MESSENGER flyby 2011 – MESSENGER enters Mercury...
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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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Expert opinions cover changing culture tackling inequality the Casey Review and saffron the worlds most expensive spice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/expert-opinions-cover-changing-culture-tackling-inequality-the-casey-review-and-saffron-the-worlds-most-expensive-spice
Dr Elizabeth Anderson from the Department of Medical and Social Care Education and Dr Simon Bennett from the School of Business have co-authored a BMJ article about teamworking in professional environments.
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The Leicester Employability Day
https://le.ac.uk/study/schools-and-colleges/post-16/employability-day
Find out more about the Leicester Employability Day which may be of particular interest to young Black people of African, Caribbean and Dual Heritage.
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Pioneering technique could unlock targeted treatments for cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/hdac-cancer
Leicester researchers have described application of a pioneering chemical technique which could unlock ground-breaking new treatments for cancer and other diseases.
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Scientists find clues to tuberculosis progression in gene expression
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/tuberculosis-gene-expression
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute working with collaborators at the University of Leicester have identified how gene expression changes during different stages of tuberculosis (TB), including early after infection before any symptoms are clinically detectable.
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Forensic pathologist recounts experience investigating torture in Syria
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/confessions-of-a-torture-investigator
Dr Stuart Hamilton, a leading pathologist from the East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, is used to dealing with death and injury - in his line of work, investigating the cause of death in individuals is part of the job.
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Leicester experts support Singapore in diabetes fight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-support-singapore-in-diabetes-fight
Expertise in preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes developed in Leicester will be used in Singapore’s 'war on diabetes'.
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Exhibitions mark 20th anniversary of Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/exhibitions-mark-20th-anniversary-of-attenborough-arts-centre
Twenty years of supporting and celebrating inclusivity and accessibility in the arts has been marked by the University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre as it reflected upon the anniversary of its historic opening by the late Lord Attenborough and Diana, Princess of...
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Expert opinions cover Chilcot Theresa May greenhouse gases and Muslim students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-chilcot-the-iraq-war-and-greenhouse-gases
Dr Robert Dover from the Department of Politics and International Relations has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing the aftermath of the Chilcot report.