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University of Leicester heart research receives £7 million funding boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/bhf-award
The British Heart Foundation has awarded £3 million to the University of Leicester (BHF) to support its world-class cardiovascular disease research over the next five years
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History of tobacco and our health
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/tobacco-history
How did tobacco become one of the first truly global commodities, and arguably history’s most deadly habit?
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MIXS: studying Mercury in detail
https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs
BepiColombo carries two X-ray spectrometers: MIXS (Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer) and SIXS (Solar Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer). No-one has sent an imaging X-ray telescope to any planetary body before so this is ground-breaking science.
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House style guide
https://le.ac.uk/guidelines/house-style-guide
The University of Leicester’s style guide is a tool aimed at providing staff with a consistent approach when writing or editing for the University of Leicester as part of its brand guidelines. Some of these points are generally accepted punctuation rules.
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Family Law
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw3250
Module code: LW3250 Family law issues have attracted much public debate and have increasingly been recognised as key areas for legal scholarship.
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Family Law
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/lw3250
Module code: LW3250 Family law issues have attracted much public debate and have increasingly been recognised as key areas for legal scholarship.
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Family Law
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/lw3250
Module code: LW3250 Family law issues have attracted much public debate and have increasingly been recognised as key areas for legal scholarship.
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Local research study contributes to global findings which pinpoint genes for depression across ethnicities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/exceed
A University of Leicester study has contributed to the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major depression, helping to reveal nearly 300 previously unknown genetic links to the condition
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Fold-out solar blankets to power satellites receives £1 million boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/fold-out-solar-blankets-power-satellites
A new concept for a solar blanket to power satellites that can be folded away will be developed with engineering expertise from the University of Leicester thanks to new funding.
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Asthma in children could be diagnosed by smell
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/asthma-in-children-could-be-diagnosed-by-smell
The Midlands Asthma and Allergy Research Association (MAARA) - an East Midlands based charity which funds research into the causes and treatment of asthma and allergy - has approved grants totalling £230,000 over the next five years for a number of projects in the East...