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Leicester scientists in discovery of new type of plant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-in-discovery-of-new-type-of-plant
Dr James Higgins from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been involved in the discovery of a new type of plant growing in Shetland. Scientists at the University of Stirling discovered the plant – with its evolution only having occurred in the last 200 years.
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Influential artist Jenny Holzer on display at Attenborough Arts Centre through ARTIST ROOMS
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/holzer
ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer 14 June – 29 September 2024 Free Entry Attenborough Arts Centre brings a new exhibition to Leicester, in partnership with Tate & National Galleries of Scotland: ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer.
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First JWST Images – What do they Show?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/14/first-jwst-images-what-do-they-show/
Professor Martin Barstow wrote in the Conversation to explain what JWST's first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy.
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Matthew Graham-Brown
https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/people/previous-researchers/matthew-graham-brown
Biography of Early Career Researcher
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The latest adventures of MS 210
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/05/22/the-latest-adventures-of-ms-210/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 22, 2019 In a follow-up to his previous blog post, The Beast in Me , Museum Studies PhD student Armand De Filippo reports on the most recent adventures of our “Ethiopic Manuscript”, MS 210.
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Seminar to examine how the media represents tween girls
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/seminar-to-examine-representation-of-tween-girls-in-the-media
The controversial way in which ‘tween’ girls are represented in the media will be explored at a free public event at our University taking place on Friday 26 May.
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Report suggests public participation should be at the heart of big data projects
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/report-suggests-public-participation-should-be-at-the-heart-of-big-data-projects
Public participation should be at the heart of big data projects in health care and biomedical research, according to the findings of a new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
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Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050
Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades - at an event on Wednesday 25 November.
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Jewry Wall Museum improvements to be made
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/jewry-wall-museum-improvements-to-be-made
The archaeologist who led the project to discover King Richard III’s remains will be leading investigations in a project to improve Leicester’s finest Roman site.
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Using DNA fingerprinting to catch a killer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/using-dna-fingerprinting-to-catch-a-killer
This summer marks 30 years since DNA fingerprinting - discovered by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys right here in the University's Department of Genetics in 1984 - was first used in a criminal investigation.