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Mars closest to Earth in over a decade on Monday 30 May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/mars-closest-to-earth-in-over-a-decade-on-monday-30-may
On Bank Holiday Monday, be prepared for a celestial surprise as a planetary body sidles up next to us - or at least 46 million miles away.
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Chemical in red grapes may help prevent bowel cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/chemical-in-red-grapes-may-help-prevent-bowel-cancer
Resveratrol, a chemical found in red grapes, is more effective in smaller doses at preventing bowel cancer in mice than high doses, according to new research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 26
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/26/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Leicester student research stories rated most out of left field in May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-student-research-stories-rated-most-out-of-left-field-in-may
The feasibility of crying a river and the plausibility of spells in the Harry Potter universe are the top two most interesting University research stories in May, according to a list by PR consultancy Gerard Kelly & Partners.
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Expert panel visiting Leicester to take Brexit questions - spaces still available
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/expert-panel-visiting-leicester-to-take-brexit-questions
Yesterday (17 January), Prime Minister Theresa May gave a highly anticipated speech on Brexit in which she said the UK "cannot possibly" remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean "not leaving the EU at all".
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Getting Lost in Oxford: Dr Rob M Francis’ psychogeographical explorations as David Bradshaw Creative
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/05/29/getting-lost-in-oxford-dr-rob-m-francis-psychogeographical-explorations-as-david-bradshaw-creative-writer-in-residence/
Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on May 29, 2019 Psychogeographer, Dr Robert M.
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Multi-million-pound investment in a regional cryo-electron microscope facility at our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/multi-million-pound-investment-in-a-regional-cryo-electron-microscope-facility-at-our-university
Our University has led a successful bid, in partnership with the Universities of Warwick, Nottingham and Birmingham to establish a state-of-the-art Midlands regional cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) facility based at Leicester.
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Olga Makarova
https://le.ac.uk/people/olga-makarova
The academic profile of Dr Olga Makarova, Lecturer in Gene Expression at University of Leicester
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Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/wind-turbine-remains-surprising-fossils-palaeontology
University of Leicester palaeontologists publishing new book on technofossils suggest that wind turbine blades, made from difficult to recycle materials, may be among the most surprising fossils found by future palaeontologists
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The Diary of a Dissection: Jane Jamieson and the Newcastle Barber Surgeons. By Patrick Low
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/09/19/diary-of-a-dissection/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on September 19, 2016 The recent furore in France, over the wearing of Burkinis, has shone a new light on an age-old societal problem; the female body.