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Easter for social scientists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/easter-for-social-scientists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 Just for fun here are some interesting research related facts on Easter chocolate! This infographic from Statista has some basic facts on who celebrates Easter and what they do.
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Research students
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/people/research-students
See a list of the research students currently studying in the department of Cardiovascular Sciences at Leicester. Find contact details for our MD, PhD and MRes students.
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Local research study contributes to global findings which pinpoint genes for depression across ethnicities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/exceed
A University of Leicester study has contributed to the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major depression, helping to reveal nearly 300 previously unknown genetic links to the condition
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Fold-out solar blankets to power satellites receives £1 million boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/fold-out-solar-blankets-power-satellites
A new concept for a solar blanket to power satellites that can be folded away will be developed with engineering expertise from the University of Leicester thanks to new funding.
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Gene mutations and cancer for schools and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-mutations-and-cancer/school-and-colleges
Find out more about what the genetic mutation and cancer research centre offer and the corresponding resources for you to use in your academic studies.
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Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/animal-magnetic
A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a magnetic field may be more widespread than previously thought.
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Andrew Dunn: Page 192
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/192/
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/193/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Leicester scientists investigating ancient freshwater hundreds of metres below the sea floor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/scientists-ancient-freshwater-below-sea-floor
International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) includes researchers from the University of Leicester aiming to explore ancient freshwater systems below the ocean floor and up to 100 miles offshore
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Aircraft keep tabs on the Amazons rising methane levels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/greenhouse-gas-monitoring-aircraft-keep-tabs-on-the-amazon2019s-rising-methane-levels
Research led by the National Centre of Earth Observation is going to new heights in the atmosphere to get a better handle on methane emitted from wetlands in the Amazon.