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Leicester scientist reaches the final of BBC Astronauts competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-scientist-reaches-the-final-of-bbc-astronaut-competition
Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy will be competing in the sixth and final episode of ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’ this Sunday on BBC Two at 8pm. Reaching the final of the televised competition has been a long and gruelling process.
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The future of the media in the wake of Trump and Brexit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/the-future-of-the-media-in-the-wake-of-trump-and-brexit
What has been the impact of President Trump? What will be the impact of Brexit? Those are two of the biggest questions being addressed by leading journalists and academics at a conference at Leicester on Wednesday 21 February.
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Research shows national parliaments in the UK and the Netherlands host highest number of MPs of immigrant origin
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-national-parliaments-in-the-uk-and-the-netherlands-host-highest-number-of-mps-of-immigrant-origin
Key research findings about the political representation of citizens of immigrant origin (IO) in European national parliaments have been announced at an event in central London on Monday 15 February.
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Politics and War in Outer Space
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pl3144
Module code: PL3144 Space is more than just rocket science. It is an under-examined geopolitical environment and frontier of International Relations and it is undergoing vast changes as space is opened up for multipolar power politics and corporate profit-making.
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17th February 2014 Sol 545
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/17/17th-february-2014-sol-545/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 17, 2014 As we approach a full martian year (669 sols) we have travelled about 5 km. There is fine tuning to be done on the route to get us relatively quickly to the clay and iron oxide concentrations in Mt.
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Fingers off the button
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/difficult-conversations/fingers-button
Fingers off the button On Thursday 5 May, Turi King, Professor of Public Engagement and Genetics, facilitated another talk in our ‘Difficult Conversations’ series where Professor Andrew Futter and guests explored the risks of the rising use of nuclear weapons, along with how...
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Breakthrough study reveals new insight into immortal plant cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/breakthrough-study-reveals-new-insight-into-201cimmortal201d-plant-cells
A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/hipm/people
Meet the Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Policy and Management's team, including Co-Directors, members, and PhD students driving impactful health research.
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Useful links
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/useful-links
Further online resources, within the University of Leicester and beyond about Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys life and research.
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Identifying the remains
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification
Many different scientific techniques were used to identify the remains of Richard III. Find out how the osteology, carbon dating, forensic analysis, genetic analysis and genealogy all contributed to the identification process.