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Academic receives prestigious engineering fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/academic-receives-prestigious-engineering-fellowship
Professor Stephen Garrett from the Departments of Engineering and Mathematics, is among seven researchers to have received a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering this year.
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Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens
Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and honey by becoming a queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ‘turned on’ during its lifespan.
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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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New project to help tailor cancer treatments for individual patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/new-project-to-help-tailor-cancer-treatments-for-individual-patients
A new project led by Dr Julian Barwell (pictured) from the Department of Genetics hopes to help move the treatment of human disease from a 'one size fits all' approach to one of tailoring treatment to individual patients.
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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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How alien auroras reveal planetary information
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/how-alien-auroras-reveal-planetary-information
Beyond their spectacular light shows, auroras can tell us a huge amount of information about a planet.
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Research suggests exposure to violence during pregnancy increases risk of prematurity and low birthweight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-suggests-exposure-to-violence-during-pregnancy-increases-risk-of-prematurity-and-low-birthweight
Exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy could lead to an increase in the risk of prematurity and low birthweight, according to research by our University and Queen Mary University of London.
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Cyber threat to Trident warning from Leicester expert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/cyber-threat-to-trident-warning-from-leicester-expert
A Leicester expert on nuclear proliferation has briefed a group of senior politicians in Parliament on the cyber threat to Trident.
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Research shows social media is beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-shows-social-media-is-beneficial-for-sharing-and-building-upon-patient-experiences
Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms can be useful tools for helping patients with rare medical diseases exchange knowledge and build communities, research led by Dr Stefania Vicari from the Department of Media and Communication has found.