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  • Former Leicester astronomers recall how they discovered the source of the dazzling Geminids meteor shower

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/former-leicester-astronomers-recall-how-they-discovered-the-source-of-the-dazzling-geminids-meteor-shower

    The beautiful Geminids meteor shower is due to light up the heavens this weekend, but the source of the enigmatic cosmic display had eluded stargazers for more than 120 years.

  • Graduate doctor rushes to aid of stab victim in London tube station

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/graduate-doctor-rushes-to-aid-of-stab-victim-in-london-tube-station

    A heroic doctor rushed to the rescue after a man was stabbed in a terrorist attack in a London tube station.

  • 38m super lightweight mirror chosen for ChineseFrench space mission

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/ps3-8m-super-lightweight-mirror-chosen-for-chinese-french-space-mission

    The University has announced the signature of a contract to develop an innovative new type of X-ray mirror for a telescope to be flown on an orbiting observatory to be launched in 2021.

  • Stem cell research to help fight brittle-bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/stem-cell-research-to-help-fight-brittle-bone-disease-osteogenesis-imperfecta

    A study involving Professor Raymond Dalgleish (pictured) from the Department of Genetics is to be conducted for the first time involving the transplantation of stem cells into foetuses with the brittle-bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which causes repeated...

  • Leicester student in world Wheelchair Rugby Challenge

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-student-in-world-wheelchair-rugby-challenge

    A Leicester doctoral student has described the ‘great experience’ of taking part in the inaugural BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge.

  • Critical gaps in antenatal care identified in cases of term stillbirths

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/critical-gaps-in-antenatal-care-identified-in-cases-of-term-stillbirths

    A new study launched today has revealed key steps for hospitals to improve care for pregnant mums and babies.

  • Prison rehabilitation researcher wins presenting challenge

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/short-sentence-prison-rehabilitation-researcher-wins-presenting-challenge

    The Graduate School is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s 3 Minute Thesis competition, held on 20 May 2015. The competition featured eleven excellent presentations from both full time and part time postgraduate researchers.

  • A change of scenery mankinds unprecedented transformation of Earth

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/a-change-of-scenery-mankind2019s-unprecedented-transformation-of-earth

    Human beings are pushing the planet in an entirely new direction with revolutionary implications for its life, a new study by researchers from the Department of Geology and published in The Anthropocene Review suggests.

  • Could Pegasus really fly

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/could-pegasus-really-fly

    In Greek mythology, the winged horse Pegasus was ridden by the hero Bellerophon to defeat the fearsome Chimera, a beast often depicted as being part goat, part lion and part snake.

  • The Myths of King Richard III and Dracula

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/the-myths-of-king-richard-iii-and-dracula

    The Shakespearian interpretation of King Richard III will be examined by a visiting Spanish academic when she visits the University next month.

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