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Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry
Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.
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Alumni Association Graduating Student of the Year Award: Megan Perks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/05/16/alumni-association-graduating-student-of-the-year-award-megan-perks/
Congratulations to Megan Perks, of the School of Physics and Astronomy, for winning the Leicester Alumni Association 'Graduating Student of the Year Award.'
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D-Day in the East Midlands Oral History Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/05/30/d-day-in-the-east-midlands-oral-history-archive/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on May 30, 2024 The 1980s saw many oral history projects start across the UK.
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jbridges: Page 17
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/17/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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What is behind the work persona?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/09/19/what-is-behind-the-work-persona/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 19, 2017 My role brings me into contact with many people from different parts of the world who are striving to attain the next step in their career.
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March Book Group: Put Out More Flags – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/04/23/put-out-more-flags/
Posted by Rebecca Moore in Waugh and Words on April 23, 2015 The following is a guest post kindly supplied by Ben Doty.
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The Great British Bake-Off, but not as we know it!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/08/12/the-great-british-bake-off-but-not-as-we-know-it/
Posted by csampson in Library Special Collections on August 12, 2016 If rumour proves to be correct, the seventh series of the Great British Bake Off is due to appear on our screens towards the end of August.
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Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-reveals-mysteries-of-enzyme-mechanism
An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.
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The Sweet and Twenties
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/08/20/the-sweet-and-twenties/
A review of Beverley Nichols' memoir The Sweet and Twenties
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Higher Education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-mutations-and-cancer/higher-education
Cancers are responsible for millions of death every year. The study of cancer biology is therefore one of the largest areas of scientific interest. Cancer cells develop specific hallmarks through a series of mutations in both oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes.