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Leicester spearheads event to encourage more medical students from non-traditional backgrounds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-spearheads-event-to-encourage-more-medical-students-from-non-traditional-backgrounds
The Universities of Leicester and Nottingham are spearheading efforts to boost recruitment into the study of medicine by focusing on locations where young people have traditionally not applied for the subject.
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Ding dong measurement on high
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/ding-dong-measurement-on-high
Bells are a popular source of festive delight during the Christmas period – and now beautiful images showing in unprecedented detail how bells vibrate to make a harmonious sound have been produced by the commercial team at the Advanced Structural Dynamics Evaluation Centre...
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Archaeologists discover evidence of Roman and medieval Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/archaeologists-discover-evidence-roman-and-medieval-leicester
Archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have unearthed new evidence of Roman and medieval Leicester after recently completing the excavation of two areas at the former Southgates Bus Depot, on the corner of Southgates and Peacock Lane in the...
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Archaeologists run for hat-trick of awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/archaeologists-run-for-hat-trick-of-awards
Leicester archaeologists are in the running for a hat-trick of awards, having been nominated in the ‘Research Project of the Year’ category for the prestigious Current Archaeology Awards for the second time in recent years.
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Indonesian peat fire carbon emissions vary considerably based on fire type study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/indonesian-peat-fire-carbon-emissions-vary-considerably-based-on-fire-type-study-shows
Carbon emissions caused by burning tropical peatlands in Indonesia vary considerably depending on if the fires are initial or recurrent, according to new research co-authored by Professor Susan Page and Dr Kevin Tansey from the Department of Geography.
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Life-changing results of world first blood cancer drug trial revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/life-changing-results-of-world-first-blood-cancer-drug-trial-revealed
Researchers from the University and Leicester’s Hospitals have announced a breakthrough advance in the results of the world-first clinical trial with actual patients of a new drug to treat particular blood cancers.
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Differences between larks and owls clocked by geneticists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/differences-between-larks-and-owls-clocked-by-geneticists
A new study by researchers from the Department of Genetics has for the first time identified the genetic clues behind what makes you a ‘lark’ or an ‘owl’.
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Leicester-Aston partnership strengthens Aston Medical School plans
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-aston-partnership-strengthens-aston-medical-school-plans
Our President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has signed a new partnership agreement supporting Aston University’s initiative for a medical school in the heart of Birmingham.
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How sexual violence in conflict can be combatted through new forensic DNA collecting methods
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/how-sexual-violence-in-conflict-can-be-combatted-through-new-methods-for-collecting-forensic-dna
Dr Lisa Smith (pictured) from the Department of Criminology has launched a new project to investigate alternative ways of collecting DNA evidence from victims of sexual violence in conflict zones and displaced communities, including refugee camps.
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Leicester astronomers comment as Juno arrives at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-astronomers-comment-as-juno-arrives-at-jupiter
After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit this morning during a 35-minute engine burn. Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 8:53 pm.