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New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes worked on by Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/new-exoplanet-hunting-telescopes-worked-on-by-leicester-scientists
A new project involving University scientists will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star’s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments.
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Research team investigates why cardiac surgery can lead to fatal organ damage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-team-investigates-why-cardiac-surgery-can-lead-to-fatal-organ-damage
The Cardiac Surgery Research team is drawing on support from patients and members of the public to investigate why cardiac surgery can often result in serious or fatal damage to other organs in the body.
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Plaque to mark Barwell Christmas Eve meteorite unveiled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/green-plaque-to-mark-barwell-meteorite-which-landed-in-1965-unveiled
A green plaque marking the surprise arrival of a large meteorite in the village of Barwell on Christmas Eve in 1965 has been unveiled at the junction of Chapel Street and Dawson's Lane - close to the site of the meteorite fall.
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New Year’s Honours for members of University community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/02-new-years-honours
Members of the University community have been recognised in the Queen's New Year's Honours list
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New treatment offers hope for patients with heart failure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-treatment-offers-hope-for-patients-with-heart-failure
Leicester’s first His bundle pacemaker, a pioneering new technique, has been implanted at Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
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Leicester researcher building bridges between industry and academia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-academic-building-bridges-between-industry-and-academia
As part of a collaboration between Professor Simon Wagner from our Department of Cancer Studies and GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) Discovery Partnerships with Academia (DPAc) in Stevenage UK, Dr Ana Sousa Manso (Research Associate from Leicester Drug Discovery & Diagnostics,...
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Beautiful 19th century images of Egyptian monuments shed light on rediscovery of Ancient Egypt
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/beautiful-19th-century-images-of-egyptian-monuments-shed-light-on-rediscovery-of-ancient-egypt
The rediscovery of Ancient Egyptian monuments, temples and tombs during the 19th century by pioneering adventurers will be charted as part of a new exhibition running at our University until 12 November.
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How a technological revolution is helping us to understand the human Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/how-a-technological-revolution-is-helping-us-to-understand-the-human-y-chromosome
Professor Mark Jobling (pictured) from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has published a new review in Nature Reviews Genetics with a colleague from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge which examines the properties of the human Y chromosome and...
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Leicesters Victorious Varsity Season
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicesters-victorious-varsity-season
2016 has been yet another successful Varsity campaign for Team Leicester, winning 35-12 against local rivals De Montfort across 47 fixtures over a three month period.
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Foodborne disease
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/foodborne-disease
Food-borne infections are a direct cause of mortality, but can also increase susceptibility to other communicable and non-communicable diseases.