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• Oadby telescope in black hole study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/oadby-telescope-in-black-hole-study

  A telescope in Oadby is playing a crucial part in observing a rare astronomical phenomenon. NASA's Swift satellite detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from the constellation Cygnus on June 15, just before 2:32 p.m. EDT.

• Archaeologists discover rare evidence of Late Roman official in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/archaeologists-discover-rare-evidence-of-late-roman-official-in-leicester

  Archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have recently excavated a Late Roman cemetery at Western Road in Leicester’s West End and amongst the 83 skeletons recorded by the team, one burial is proving to be very exciting.

• Research shows red meat metabolite levels high in acute heart failure patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-red-meat-metabolite-levels-high-in-acute-heart-failure-patients

  Patients with acute heart failure often have high levels of the metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) – of which red meat is a major dietary source - according to research led by Professor Toru Suzuki from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences.

• New Alzheimers Advance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-alzheimer2019s-advance

  Work done at Leicester has helped to identify a new drug target for not only improving symptoms of brain degeneration – but also to extend the life-span of the terminally ill mice.

• Garden preview

  https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/about-us/garden-preview

  Discover all there is to see at the Botanic Garden at the University of Leicester.

• Lecture to explore the science of colour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/lecture-to-explore-the-science-of-colour

  Why is fire yellow? Why is your gas hob blue? What makes traffic lights red, amber and green? These phenomena and many others will be examined in a free public lecture on Thursday 17 September at the Ground Floor Lecture Theatre 3 of the Ken Edwards Building at 6.30pm.

• Activities and events

  https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020/events

  Find out about past events and future events for the Wordsworth 2020 AHRC funded project for English research at Leicester.

• Leicester to host regional launch of the Festival of British Archaeology

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-to-host-regional-launch-of-the-festival-of-british-archaeology

  A talk by Mathew Morris (pictured) from the Richard III excavation team and a ‘Roman drill session’ are just two of the events taking place at this year’s regional launch of the Festival of British Archaeology.

• Latest Professorial Inaugural Lectures explore cardiovascular research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/latest-professorial-inaugural-lectures-explore-cardiovascular-research

  Academics from the University's Department of Cardiovascular Sciences will discuss their research in the latest Professorial Inaugural Lectures taking place on Tuesday 2 May.

• University pioneers revised attitudes at first Menopause Lets Talk About It workshop

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/university-pioneers-revised-attitudes-at-first-menopause-workshop

  Over 90 staff from across the University, including staff based at Leicester’s hospitals, joined colleagues in the Charles Wilson Building’s Belvoir City Lounge for an open and frank discussion about the menopause.