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University physicists make Quite Interesting guest appearances
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/university-physicists-make-quite-interesting-guest-appearances
Physicists from our University recently brought the aurora borealis to the studio of the popular BBC panel show QI.
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Link between hibernation in animals and Alzheimers prevention identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/link-between-hibernation-in-animals-and-alzheimers-prevention-identified
Research by scientists at the Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit, based at the University, has identified a protective mechanism that kicks in when body temperature is lowered, activating a process that prevents the loss of brain cells and the connections between them.
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Opportunities for students to de-stress during exam period
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/more-opportunities-for-students-to-de-stress-during-exam-period
It's exam period again and the Students' Union has organised another week of activities with the sole intention of giving students the best chance to relax and ease the tension.
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Researcher receives top award for work on meteorites and Martian geology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/researcher-award-meteorites-mars-geology
PhD student Francesca Willcocks' research has included the Winchcombe meteorite, the exploration of Gale Crater by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and preparations for Mars Sample Return
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Astronomy seminar – Wednesday 9th June. 3pm. Dr Rebeca Garcia Lopez
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/09/astronomy-seminar-wed-9th-june-3pm/
The inner regions of protoplanetary disks: an interferometric view
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Air pollution
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/air-pollution
The work of Dr Julie Morrissey and colleagues at the University of Leicester, involves the elucidation of how bacteria adapt to air pollution and metal stress, and how this has impact on bacterial survival in a host and in the environment, and drives antibiotic resistance.
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Giant storms cause palpitations in Saturns atmospheric heartbeat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/giant-storms-cause-palpitations-in-saturn2019s-atmospheric-heartbeat
Immense northern storms on Saturn can disturb atmospheric patterns at the planet’s equator, finds the international Cassini mission in a study led by Dr Leigh Fletcher from our Department of Physics and Astronomy and published in Nature Astronomy.
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Upcoming events
https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/events/upcoming-events
View our upcoming events in the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
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Pancakes, and how life flipped upside down for Leicester’s Bake-Off chemist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/pancakes-josh
Dr Josh Smalley from the University of Leicester School of Chemistry has been keeping busy since his appearance on the Great British Bake Off.
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Free support available for premature children on their school journey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/premature-babies-school-leicester-learning
Child development experts at the University of Leicester are reminding parents and education professionals of free resources aimed at supporting prematurely born children through their school journey