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Antibiotic resistance
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/antibiotic-resistance
For decades, we have used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Now, we are threatened by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. Learn more about why this happens and how it can be prevented.
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Petrophysicist joins ocean drilling research project investigating the origins of life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/petrophysicist-joins-ocean-drilling-research-project-investigating-the-origins-of-life
On 26 October 2015, the RSS James Cook (pictured) set sail from Southampton on route to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Dr Sally Morgan from the Department of Geology at Leicester, is a petrophysicist within the international team of scientists who are on-board the vessel.
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Industrial Economics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ec3023
Module code: EC3023 Industrial economics takes a look at the decision making and economic policies underlying firms, corporations and markets from a wide range of industries.
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Industrial Economics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ec3023
Module code: EC3023 Industrial economics takes a look at the decision making and economic policies underlying firms, corporations and markets from a wide range of industries.
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Industrial Economics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ec3023
Module code: EC3023 Industrial economics takes a look at the decision making and economic policies underlying firms, corporations and markets from a wide range of industries.
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Opening a UK bank account
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/advice/bank-account
Information for our international students about opening a UK bank account, including guidance on necessary documents and waiting times.
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Arctic rocket launch could uncover unique features of Earth’s life-sustaining atmosphere
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/05/12/arctic-rocket-launch-could-uncover-unique-features-of-earths-life-sustaining-atmosphere/
A Leicester expert in space weather has helped launch a NASA mission from deep within the Arctic Circle which could uncover unique features of our atmosphere that enable life on Earth.
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Trees in tropical logged forests release carbon at greater rate despite faster growth, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/carbon-trees
University of Leicester-led research focusing on the carbon dioxide produced by tree stems shows that individual trees in tropical forests impacted by logging produce more carbon dioxide per m2 of woody stem area than those in unaffected forests
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Biological Sciences (Genetics) MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-genetics-mbiolsci/2026
Genetics is so much more than the study of inheritance. Fundamental to our understanding of health and disease, food security, conservation and ecology and the origins of life, genetics has a massive influence on ethics and society.
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Biological Sciences MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-mbiolsci/2026
From the simplest to the most complex organisms, from molecules to the evolution of species and medicine, the living world is endlessly complex and fascinating.