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Former Universities Minister David Willetts to give public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/former-universities-minister-david-willetts-to-give-public-lecture
This Thursday (11 June), we are giving you the chance to hear the man who has shaped higher education policy for the past four years talk about the future of UK science and innovation. The Rt Hon.
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Expert opinions cover Airbnb and Rio the Turkish coup Jupiters Great Red Spot the refugee crisis and consumer justice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-airbnb-and-rio-the-turkish-coup-and-jupiters-great-red-spot
Henrik Melin from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written a Staff Blog discussing the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.
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Students film breathtaking images of Earth using high altitude weather balloon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/students-film-breathtaking-curvature-of-earth-using-high-altitude-weather-balloon
Physics students have captured breathtaking images of the Earth’s stratosphere using a high altitude weather balloon. The unmanned balloon and sensor payload reached an altitude of 23.6km, putting it at 1.7 times the altitude ceiling of a 747 airliner.
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Structural biology
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/structural-biology
Work in the College of Life Sciences on the structure of proteins is providing insight on a wide range of fundamental processes such as cell motility, drug metabolism, gene activation and tuberculosis virulence.
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Locating the choir within the church
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/locating-the-choir
A small area above the human remains in Trench 1 was carefully widened with a digger to give archaeologists better access to the burial. Jo Appleby and Turi King began to carefully remove the grave soil by hand. Work was slow, to avoid damage to the skeleton.
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New research on century-old conundrum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/new-research-on-century-old-conundrum
New research from an international team on a mathematical conundrum that has been unsolved for over a century has been published.
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Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/decent-work-economic-growth
The eighth Sustainable Development Goal is to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
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Pyramid of Geezers how to assemble a perfect human pyramid
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/pyramid-of-geezers
Physics students have calculated the formula for a perfect human pyramid – and have found that the best suited candidates to achieve maximum height are groups of men, women and children.
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Galina Mukamolova
https://le.ac.uk/people/galina-mukamolova
The academic profile of Professor Galina Mukamolova, Professor in Microbial Physiology Departmental Director of Research at University of Leicester
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Biological Sciences (Biochemistry) BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-biochemistry-bsc/2026
What are the chemical processes that happen inside all living things? And what do they tell us about the baffling complexity of life? Welcome to the fascinating world of biochemistry. This degree includes the option to change your specialism in your second year.