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Breakthrough molecular movie reveals DNA’s unzipping mechanism with implications for viral and cancer treatments
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/dna-helix-microscopy-cancer
Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed “molecular movie” showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level
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Universities and colleges join forces to help Leicestershire’s young people decide their futures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/pathways-universities-join-forces
A partnership of universities and colleges working to raise aspirations in the region’s young people has engaged over 4800 from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/unescos-internet-universality-indicators/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 This is based on 4 principles.
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Britain’s 50 New Radicals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/23/britains-50-new-radicals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2012 The Observer and NESTA have published a list of people and organisations that they believe are changing the UK for the better. Many are community organisations or activists.
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Attenborough Arts Centre’s Bob Christer presents in Berlin at international Falling Walls Engage Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/bob-christer
This November, Attenborough Arts Centre’s SENsory Atelier Programme Manager Bob Christer spent a week in Berlin representing the Atelier Labs programme as a selected winner as part of the international Falling Walls Engage Awards.
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New partnership between Leicester’s universities offers students chance to improve skills for less
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/pg-scholarship
Graduates in Leicester will be able to take discounted further study at either of the city’s universities thanks to a new joint offer.
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New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/winchcombe-meteorite
Famous meteorite undergoes scientific analysis, including advanced electron microscopy at University of Leicester, providing insight into the meteorite’s journey through space to Earth
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Leicester diabetes expert’s research supports ‘game changing’ obesity breakthrough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/semaglutide
Ground breaking research in diabetes led by a team of Leicester researchers has played an integral role in laying the foundations for new research published today, which reveals that a new anti-obesity medication is almost twice as effective in helping people lose weight than...
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Tree-mendous effort from Tom and his volunteers helps transform Leicester’s leafy oasis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/arboretum
A green oasis of calm nestled away in suburban Leicester is benefiting from the work of one University of Leicester man and his small band of volunteers.
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About Law in Children’s Lives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/about-law-in-childrens-lives/
Law in Children’s Lives is an exciting ESRC-funded project led by Dr Dawn Watkins in the School of Law. It is using a specially-designed digital game to explore how far children understand law as an empowering force in their lives.