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Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century
Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by. But some of the disturbing practices from history might be more harrowing than a modern audience is used to encountering.
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UK National Police Air Service safer thanks to the work of University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-uk-national-police-air-service-npas-flight-deck-safety
Dr Andrew Bennett standing next to a helicopter|Dr Simon Bennett researches flight-deck human factors to improve safety The National Police Air Service (NPAS), created in 2012, provides tactical air support to the 43 police forces of England and Wales from a network of 14 bases.
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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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Emoji is the fastest growing language
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/emoji-is-the-fastest-growing-language/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 Emoji’s are ‘pictographs. Originally used in Japanese electronic messages, many characters have now been incorporated into Unicode and the launch of Emoj.li.
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Physics Research Bites: Space Park Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/07/physics-research-bites-space-park-leicester/
Physics Research Bites: Space Park Leicester
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Core Theory and Practical Techniques in Infection and Immunity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7308
Module code: MB7308 Modern laboratory techniques in molecular and cellular biology are essential tools in the fight against infectious diseases.
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Theory and Techniques in Infection and Immunity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs4308
Module code: BS4308 Modern laboratory techniques in molecular and cellular biology are essential tools in the fight against infectious diseases.