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Nothing to sneeze at high pollen levels recorded
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nothing-to-sneeze-at-high-pollen-levels-recorded
If you have found yourself sneezing more than usual, the cause of your recent bouts of hayfever may have been identified.
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University stamp features on postbox to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail Special Stamps
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-stamp-to-feature-on-postbox-in-leicester-to-mark-the-50th-anniversary-of-royal-mail-special-stamps
The stamp of the University of Leicester issued in 1971 was unveiled today by President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle on a post box in Leicester to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail’s much-loved modern Special Stamps programme.
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Music is in the genes University staff to play at charity gig
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/music-is-in-the-genes-university-staff-to-play-at-charity-gig
Staff from the Department of Genetics will be performing at a charity gig in aid of Parkinson’s UK. The Histones, who formed last year to celebrate the department’s 50th anniversary, will be appearing at the Shed in Leicester on Friday 26 June.
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Society and Crisis Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations of Societal WellBeing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/society-and-crisis-quantitative-and-qualitative-evaluations-of-societal-well-being
The Department of Sociology hosted a one day symposium on 4 June focused on measuring societal well-being during current recession.
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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.