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Documentary highlights how humans created an artificial planet Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/documentary-highlights-how-humans-created-an-2018artificial2019-planet-earth
The impact humans have had on planet Earth and how we have created an ‘artificial' planet will be explored in a new documentary by an award-winning journalist featuring Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology.
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New insights into how asthma pathways could be blocked revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/new-insights-into-how-asthma-pathways-could-be-blocked-revealed-by-study
Researchers have discovered new insights into how asthma may be caused, by identifying three distinct groups of asthma patients characterised by the activity of different genes in an individual’s airways.
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Study finds veins on Mars were formed by evaporating ancient lakes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-finds-veins-on-mars-were-formed-by-evaporating-ancient-lakes
Mineral veins found in Mars’s Gale Crater were formed by the evaporation of ancient Martian lakes, a new study has shown.
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Study measures the pulse of planet Earth to unearth climate change secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/study-measures-the-pulse-of-planet-earth2019-to-unearth-climate-change-secrets
An international research team led by Professor Heiko Balzter from the Department of Geography has for the first time harnessed technology typically used to diagnose heart disease in order to measure planet Earth’s pulse – and has uncovered hidden patterns of...
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Undersea warfare in the wake of a new wave of technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/undersea-warfare-in-the-wake-of-a-new-wave-of-technology
Experts are to gather in London tomorrow (13 September) to examine the challenges posed by new technologies to submarine based defence systems such as Trident.
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Type 2 diabetes risk score translated into south Asian languages
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/type-2-diabetes-risk-score-translated-into-south-asian-languages
A risk score to identify people who are likely to develop Type 2 diabetes has been translated into two further languages. The part NIHR-funded Leicester Risk Score – which is recommended by health watchdog NICE, used by Diabetes UK and has attracted more than 1.
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Engineering students produce portable 3D printer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/engineering-students-produce-portable-3d-printer
A team of fourth year engineering students has produced a functional portable 3D printer which has enabled them to print various objects including a set of cutlery and a set of teeth.
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We must celebrate Englands World Cup win 50 years on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/201cwe-must-celebrate201d-england2019s-world-cup-win-50-years-on
On 30 July 1966 England won the World Cup.
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Leicester featured in Telegraphs nicest things to have happened in 2016 list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-featured-in-telegraphs-nicest-things-to-have-happened-in-2016-list
The University has featured in a list of the 12 nicest things to happen so far in 2016, compiled by The Telegraph.
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Cyber threat to Trident warning from Leicester expert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/cyber-threat-to-trident-warning-from-leicester-expert
A Leicester expert on nuclear proliferation has briefed a group of senior politicians in Parliament on the cyber threat to Trident.