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Launch and trajectory
https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/about/launch-trajectory
BepiColombo was successfully launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on 20 October 2018. The mission will take seven Earth years to reach Mercury.
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Leicestershires three universities join forces to fight blood cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicestershires-three-universities-join-forces-to-fight-blood-cancer
The University of Leicester, Loughborough University and De Montfort University have joined forces to create Leicestershire UNItes in partnership with the Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign.
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Experimental Physics 2
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pa2900
Module code: PA2900 'Experimental physics 2’ builds on your laboratory physics studied during first year, and enhances your experimental and problem solving abilities necessary across areas of physical sciences.
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Experimental Physics 2
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pa2900
Module code: PA2900 'Experimental physics 2’ builds on your laboratory physics studied during first year, and enhances your experimental and problem solving abilities necessary across areas of physical sciences.
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Experimental Physics 2
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pa2900
Module code: PA2900 'Experimental physics 2’ builds on your laboratory physics studied during first year, and enhances your experimental and problem solving abilities necessary across areas of physical sciences.
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Evolutionary and Developmental Biology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs2076
Module code: BS2076 This module provides a thorough grounding in developmental biology with an emphasis on a range of topics including fertilization, cell and tissue differentiation, pattern formation, cell-cell communication and the importance of gene expression and...
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University library feeds more than the mind thanks to free veg seed giveaway
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/university-leicester-seed-library-free-veg-giveaway
The University of Leicester’s growing reputation has been bolstered with a scheme which allows its library members to take out seeds, as well as books.
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Researchers make spectacular discovery of how learning takes place and memories are formed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/researchers-make-spectacular-discovery-of-how-learning-takes-place-and-memories-are-formed
Brain scientists in the UK and US have collaborated to make ‘a spectacular discovery’ - for the first time in human studies - of how memories are formed and new learning takes place.
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Breast cancer relapse could be found two years earlier
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/16-breast-cancer-relapse-detection
Breast cancer detection Illustration of a breast cancer tumour 650|Research suggests a simple blood test may hold the key to detecting breast cancer relapse.
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Chronic kidney disease associated with atypically low levels of physical activity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/10-kidney-research
A study led by researchers at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University – has highlighted chronic levels of physical...