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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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Archaeology: The Essentials
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar1007
Module code: AR1007 What is an archaeologist? Where does the discipline of Archaeology come from and how is it organised? What techniques do we use to identify traces of past social life? How do we recover those traces through survey and excavation? How...
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Facilities and Technologies
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/facilities-and-technologies
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Nuclear Magnetic Resonance nuclear magnetic resonance equipment in use We are one of the few centres that combines both solution and solid state NMR to answer biological questions X-Ray Crystallography X-Ray Crystallography scientific equipment...
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Archaeology: The Essentials
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar1007
Module code: AR1007 What is an archaeologist? Where does the discipline of Archaeology come from and how is it organised? What techniques do we use to identify traces of past social life? How do we recover those traces through survey and excavation? How...
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Introductory Inorganic Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ch1202
Module code: CH1202 Inorganic chemistry is the branch that deals with inorganic compounds; namely, those not based on carbon. It incorporates key studies of the properties and reactivities of the majority of elements and the functions of metals in biological systems.
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Introductory Inorganic Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ch1202
Module code: CH1202 Inorganic chemistry is the branch that deals with inorganic compounds; namely, those not based on carbon. It incorporates key studies of the properties and reactivities of the majority of elements and the functions of metals in biological systems.
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Archaeology: The Essentials
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar1007
Module code: AR1007 What is an archaeologist? Where does the discipline of Archaeology come from and how is it organised? What techniques do we use to identify traces of past social life? How do we recover those traces through survey and excavation? How...
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Research Methods in Cancer Biology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs4003
Module code: BS4003 The development and use of appropriate anti-cancer therapy depends on the accurate diagnosis of the cancer. Therefore, it is important to be able to differentiate between normal and malignant tissue under the microscope.
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Researchers create novel compound targeting melanoma cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/researchers-create-novel-compound-targeting-melanoma-cells
An international team of researchers, including a Professor from the University of Leicester, has developed a novel compound that successfully inhibits growth of melanoma cells by targeting specific epigenetic modifying proteins in these cells.
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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.