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Women exposed to MWI emissions show small increase in breast milk pollutants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/mwi-emissions
Study involving Professor Anna Hansell, from the University of Leicester Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, analysed impact of emissions from municipal waste incinerators
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People with Long-COVID after hospitalisation face limited recovery after one year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/phosp-12-months
People who were hospitalised with COVID-19 and continued to experience symptoms at five months show limited further recovery one year after hospital discharge, according to the latest results of the PHOSP-COVID study, released as a pre-print on medRxiv today (Thursday).
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Physical Geography and Geology BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/physical-geography-and-geology-bsc/2026
This is for you if… you have a broad interest in Earth Science and our environment and want to study at the boundary of the disciplines of physical geography and geology.
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Promising early results from new UK Type 2 diabetes prevention programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/promising-early-results-from-new-uk-type-2-diabetes-prevention-programme
A programme aimed at preventing the development of Type 2 diabetes in people at high risk of the disease has achieved “promising” early results, a study has found.
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Geology at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/geology
We provide a friendly, dynamic and supportive environment in which to learn about the evolution of our planet from geoscientists at the forefront of their field. Our teaching is led by our research and our staff are recognised internationally for their expertise.
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Measuring the temperature of our planets land surfaces
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/measuring-the-temperature-of-our-planets-land-surfaces
Our researchers are leading a major new project to measure the temperature of the Earth’s land surfaces. Evidence suggests that long-term trends in surface temperature can be an indicator of climate change.
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Leicester researchers nominated for prestigious health science award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/leicester-researchers-nominated-for-prestigious-health-science-award
University researchers from the Children’s long term ventilation team at Leicester’s Hospitals have been nominated for a prestigious East Midlands Academic Health Science Network award.
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Increased activity during the summer caused by genes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/increased-activity-during-the-summer-caused-by-genes
The warm temperature on a summer’s day is often a time for relaxing, but researchers from the Department of Genetics have suggested that a ‘thermosensory’ gene could be responsible for changes in behaviour in different climates.
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Leicester conservation project to save threatened wildflowers from extinction
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-conservation-project-to-save-threatened-wildflowers-from-extinction
A new project at our University hopes to save rare and threatened local wildflowers from across Leicestershire and Rutland from extinction.
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Childrens purchasing behaviour significantly impacted by social media and mobile apps research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/children2019s-purchasing-behaviour-2018significantly-impacted2019-by-social-media-and-mobile-apps-research-shows
Exposure to prompts to make in-app purchases in mobile games has a significant impact on children’s purchasing behaviour, according to a recent study funded by the European Commission involving Dr Giuseppe Veltri, who now works at the Department of Media Communication.