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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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News archive 2018
https://le.ac.uk/law/news/law-news/news-archive-2018
Read news stories from Leicester Law School in 2018.
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Dr David Williams
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/david-williams
Bernard Attard writes: David Malcolm Williams was an outstanding scholar, colleague, teacher and mentor who contributed enormously to the development of maritime history in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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November Book Group: The Loved One
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/11/10/menatarms/
Deatils of the November Waugh Book Group meeting, 2014
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/6/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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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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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