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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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Link between inherited DNA sequences and heart disease identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/link-between-inherited-dna-sequences-and-heart-disease-identified
A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest killer – Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).
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Hundreds of Clearing offers made by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/2018hundreds2019-of-clearing-offers-made-by-university-of-leicester
The University of Leicester has already made hundreds of offers through Clearing since phone lines opened this morning. A total of 90 call handlers are taking calls. As of 12.
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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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New study to explore actions of solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-study-to-explore-actions-of-solidarity-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees
A new study into collective actions in support of vulnerable groups – including asylum seekers and refugees - is being led by our University in collaboration with the Université de Nantes.
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Leicester engineering Professor honoured
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-engineering-professor-honoured
The new Head of the Department of Engineering is one of 50 of the UK’s finest engineers to be elected as new Fellows to the Royal Academy of Engineering on the day of its 40th annual general meeting.
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Leicester academic to provide legal and ethical advice on museum closures in sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-academic-to-provide-legal-and-ethical-advice-on-museum-closures-in-sector
An academic from our School of Law will be providing ethical and legal advice on museum closures as part of a working group set up to draft guidance for museum staff and governing bodies.
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Lecture to discuss how sexual commerce has adapted to the digital age
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/how-sexual-commerce-has-adapted-to-the-digital-age
An exploration of how commercial sex in the Western world is mediated or performed through the internet and digital technologies forms part of a series of free seminars available for the public to attend through 2016/17.
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Chilcot How the Iraq war has led to a rise in extremism and fatally undermined the European Union
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/chilcot-how-the-iraq-war-has-led-to-a-rise-in-extremism-and-2018fatally-undermined2019-the-european-union
The Iraq war still scars us today, leading to a rise in extremism and ‘fatally undermining’ the European Union, according to Dr Robert Dover (pictured) from the Department of Politics and International Relations.
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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.