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How hungry bacteria sense nutrients in their environment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/how-hungry-bacteria-sense-nutrients-in-their-environment
Researchers have shed new light on how bacteria sense nutrients in their environment - which could provide important knowledge in the development of drugs and antibiotics to combat a range of diseases including tuberculosis.
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Breakthrough study reveals new insight into immortal plant cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/breakthrough-study-reveals-new-insight-into-201cimmortal201d-plant-cells
A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/hypir/people
Find out ways to contact members of staff based in History and Politics and International Relations. See contact details for Academic staff, professional services staff and Honorary Visiting staff, amongst others.
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Project to provide vital maths support for teenagers born very prematurely
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/making-sense-of-maths-vital-support-for-teenagers-born-very-prematurely
An award-winning research team led by Dr Samantha Johnson (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences is developing a web-based e-learning programme to help teenagers who were born very prematurely with vital maths skills.
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GEOLAND 2
https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/geoland-2
The GMES project analysed spatial and temporal changes in rainfall and vegetation patterns in sub-Saharan Africa over 9 years.
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Six degrees of separation why it is a small world after all
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/six-degrees-of-separation-why-it-is-a-small-world-after-all
It’s a small world after all – and now science has explained why.
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Secrets of rare Iron Age cauldrons revealed through archaeological investigation and replica creation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/iron-age-cauldrons-archaeological-replica
Detailed laboratory examination and analysis of the fragile 2,400 year old cauldrons has revealed new information of their manufacture and long-term maintenance and have been used to create a full-sized replica cauldron
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Exciting Autumn programme launched at Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/attenborough-arts-centre-autumn-programme-leicester
Attenborough Arts Centre’s new autumn season features a range of thought-provoking exhibitions, performances, and artist-led creative courses and workshops, together delivering on the organisation’s mission of ‘Art For All’.
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Academic, external and visiting staff
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/people/academic
View the academic team working within Engineering at Leicester. Explore staff profiles, research interests and contact details.
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Trees in tropical logged forests release carbon at greater rate despite faster growth, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/carbon-trees
University of Leicester-led research focusing on the carbon dioxide produced by tree stems shows that individual trees in tropical forests impacted by logging produce more carbon dioxide per m2 of woody stem area than those in unaffected forests