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Expedition 340: Lesser Antilles Volcanism and Landslides
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2011-12/antilles
March – April 2012 The Lesser Antilles Volcanism and Landslides expedition was designed to provide a better understanding of the constructive and destructive processes related to volcanism along island arcs.
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Researcher lands £250k funding to continue investigation into DNA damage and its link to cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/amanda-chaplin
A university researcher has been awarded a prestigious prize to continue her cutting-edge work to understand how the body responds to DNA damage that can ultimately lead to cancer.
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Expert reaction to the Manchester moorland fires
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/expert-reaction-to-the-manchester-moorland-fires
Sue Page, Professor of Physical Geography from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, has provided expert comment on the Saddleworth Moor fire which has been raging for three days.
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Preclinical imaging facility
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/research/preclinical-imaging
Our preclinical imaging facility houses a number of state of the art imaging systems.
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Rosalind Franklin Rover one step closer to Mars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/rosalind-franklin-parachute
A spacecraft built using University of Leicester expertise is one step closer to its mission on the surface of Mars following a successful series of high-altitude tests.
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acarajé diaries day 5 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/06/29/acaraje-diaries-day-5/
Project co-investigator Ana Martins describes her experiences researching acarajé in Bahia, Brazil.
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Thinking sociologically about the history of convicts and penal colonies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/02/25/thinking-sociologically-about-the-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 25, 2016 In the early 1990s I had the privilege of studying with David Garland, then teaching and researching in Edinburgh University’s Law School.
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Charity funding for new treatments to silence tinnitus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/charity-funding-for-new-treatments-to-silence-tinnitus
To mark Tinnitus Awareness Week (2 – 8 February), UK charity Action on Hearing Loss (formerly RNID) has announced a major investment to fund a new study which aims to accelerate the development of future tinnitus treatments.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 1117 June
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-11-17-june
Dr Daniel Zadik from the Department of Genetics has written an article for The Conversation exploring food intolerance in ancient cultures.
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Leicester graduate and astrophotographer involved in new film project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-graduate-and-astrophotographer-involved-in-new-film-project
BBC’s Sky at Night presenter and Leicester alumnus Pete Lawrence gives expert insight on the mysteries of the universe in a new film about time, presented by Leffe®.