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Electronic Maps to Assist Public Science
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/10/electronic-maps-to-assist-public-science/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2014 Emaps Project A project funded by the EU which commenced in 2011.
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Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences
Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they receive grants that are actually slightly larger than those won by men.
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Transcranial Ultrasound
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/imaging/chiasm/transcranial-ultrasound
A major cause of stroke comes from embolic debris (thrombus, bubbles and pieces of plaque) that travel through the cerebral circulation and become lodged in arteries supplying the brain.
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Classic Movie Posters Online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/26/classic-movie-posters-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2018 Great new digital collection from the Harry Ransom Center University of Texas at Austin . They are gradually placing online over 10,000 posters from the 1920s-1970s.
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Alumni working outside the legal profession
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/careers/graduate-profiles/outside-legal
Hear from multiple Leicester Law School graduates who have used their law degree from Leicester outside of the legal profession.
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Significant boost for pioneering instrument to study molecules in exquisite detail
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/significant-boost-for-pioneering-instrument-to-study-molecules-in-exquisite-detail
An innovative instrument which can improve our understanding of the structure and behaviour of molecules will receive a significant upgrade thanks to investment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
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Geophysics
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth/geophysics
Find out more about Geophysics at the University of Leicester.
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Big data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/big-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 Accessing and Using Big Data to Advance Social Science Knowledge A useful project to follow from the Oxford Internet Institute. Running 2012-14.
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Sickness poverty and medical relief in England 1750-1850
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/sickness-poverty-and-medical-relief-in-england
Wellcome Trust Research Grant (£166,595) December 2009 - June 2012 Professor Steve King This project explores the definition, scale and treatment of sickness amongst the dependent poor between the 1750s and 1850s.
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Centre to bring pathology testing to breathless patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/centre-to-bring-pathology-testing-to-breathless-patients
East Midlands researchers are leading the establishment of a new Centre to develop breath analysis tests that could help in the rapid diagnosis and treatment for a range of conditions, including cancers, respiratory infections and diseases such as asthma and chronic...