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Joe Ortons life and legacy celebrated in three East Midlands exhibitions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/joe-ortons-life-and-legacy-celebrated-in-three-east-midlands-exhibitions
A renowned University of Leicester expert on playwright Joe Orton is involved in three public exhibitions about his life and work.
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Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry
Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.
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Hope for first drug treatment for life-threatening aneurysms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/aneurysms-drug-treatment
Research suggests cholesterol-lowering drugs could be repurposed as treatment in breakthrough for patients
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Oral history archives in the East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/directory-of-oral-history/east-midlands/oral-history-archives-in-the-east-midlands
Please note that this list is selective. Derbyshire Chesterfield Library accept any relevant donations of oral history recordings.
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Molecular Cell Biology and Genomes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt3004
Module code: NT3004 'Molecular Cell Biology’ is centred on the principal techniques used in molecular cell biology and allows you to develop your ability to design experiments to test a hypothesis, based on the use of these techniques.
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Public event to reveal how magic can be used to study the brain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/public-event-to-reveal-how-magic-can-be-used-to-study-the-brain
Have you ever wondered how scientists explore the brain, or what goes wrong during a stroke or in dementia? If so, the University is partnering with the DANA Foundation for the third year to celebrate Brain Awareness Week (BAW) with a free public event on Wednesday 18 March...
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Space data to drive economic and business growth in the East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/space-data-to-drive-economic-and-business-growth-in-the-east-midlands
A space technologies centre of excellence based at our University has won funding for two years to bring hi-tech know-how for the benefit of businesses in the region.
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Leicester scientists take their research to Parliament
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-scientist-takes-her-research-to-parliament
Chemistry students at the University of Leicester will be attending Parliament to present their chemistry research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of STEM for BRITAIN on Monday 13 March.
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Politics of the International Drug Trade
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pl3142
Module code: PL3142 The illegal drug trade has been estimated to take up almost 1% of all trade on Earth.
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Politics of the International Drug Trade
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pl3142
Module code: PL3142 The illegal drug trade has been estimated to take up almost 1% of all trade on Earth.