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Blown away One Show feature on the marvels of scientific glassblowing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/blown-away-one-show-feature-on-the-marvels-of-scientific-glassblowing
Tucked away in our Department of Chemistry is a workshop where Gayle Price, the University’s Scientific Glassblower, spends her time creating specialised glassware and apparatus for research and teaching purposes.
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Seeds from Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor tree take root in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/seeds-hiroshima-atomic-bomb-survivor-tree-take-root-leicester
Seeds from trees which survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester in time for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
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Revealing branching time in single-cell omics data
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-revealing-branching-time-mathematics
STREAM logo STREAM logo| New single-cell omics technology allows scientists to analyse cell development in ways that were not previously possible.
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Joe Ortons life and legacy celebrated in three East Midlands exhibitions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/joe-ortons-life-and-legacy-celebrated-in-three-east-midlands-exhibitions
A renowned University of Leicester expert on playwright Joe Orton is involved in three public exhibitions about his life and work.
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Blood, Position and Power: The Nobility of Later Medieval England, 1066-1485
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2302
Module code: HS2302 Simon de Montfort, Piers Gaveston, Thomas of Lancaster, The Black Prince, John of Gaunt and Warwick the Kingmaker: six individuals who are always ‘name-checked’ whenever surveys of later medieval England are written.
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Blood, Position and Power: The Nobility of Later Medieval England, 1066-1485
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2302
Module code: HS2302 Simon de Montfort, Piers Gaveston, Thomas of Lancaster, The Black Prince, John of Gaunt and Warwick the Kingmaker: six individuals who are always ‘name-checked’ whenever surveys of later medieval England are written.
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Blood, Position and Power: The Nobility of Later Medieval England, 1066-1485
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2302
Module code: HS2302 Simon de Montfort, Piers Gaveston, Thomas of Lancaster, The Black Prince, John of Gaunt and Warwick the Kingmaker: six individuals who are always ‘name-checked’ whenever surveys of later medieval England are written.
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Researchers use NASA’s Webb to map weather of planet 280 light-years away
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/clouds-wasp-43b
Atmospheric modelling led in part by University of Leicester reveals true extent of clouds on distant world reveals WASP-43 b is cloudy on the nightside but mostly clear on the dayside, with equatorial winds howling around the planet at 5,000 miles per hour
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Cancer scientists take part in Tough Mudder
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/cancer-scientists-take-part-in-tough-mudder
A team of scientists is all set to get down and dirty this weekend – all in the aid of charity. Scientists based at the Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, who are working on early detection of different cancers, will take part in their first Tough Mudder on 14 May.
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Beyond Bloom: other useful taxonomies for learning outcomes – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/03/28/lotax/
The Learning Outcomes Project at the University of Leicester. Beyond Bloom: other useful taxonomies for learning outcomes.