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• East Midlands health innovation to be showcased at international conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/east-midlands-health-innovation-to-be-showcased-at-international-conference

  A ground-breaking training project for junior doctors developed in Leicester and soon to be launched in Lincolnshire will be showcased to a global audience of health experts at an international event next Friday (24 April).

• University to hold 2015 Summer School on Materials Processing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-to-hold-2015-summer-school-on-materials-processing

  The University is to host its first summer school on Materials Processing at the Department of Engineering from Monday 22 June to Friday 26 June. The summer school has been organised by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Innovative Metal Processing (IMPaCT).

• Student study investigates how lasers can control lightning

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/student-study-investigates-how-lasers-can-control-lightning

  Physics students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have investigated the possibility of inducing, directing and controlling lightning strikes using lasers.

• Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-comment-has-the-olympic-games-caught-up-with-the-modern-world

  Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.

• Heart professor stars in BBC documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/heart-professor-stars-in-bbc-documentary

  A leading Leicester professor is to appear in a BBC documentary after finding a link between red meat and heart disease. Professor Toru Suzuki (pictured) from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences was asked to conduct an experiment looking at how steak affects the body.

• Leicester students produce pedal powered cinema

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-students-produce-pedal-powered-cinema

  A team of engineering students (pictured) has produced a bicycle powered generator which could power a 55 watt projector for the time required to watch a movie.

• From Peking to Paris for SCAD research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/from-pekin-to-paris-for-scad-research

  Paul Rivlin, a supporter of our University, is embarking on the five week Endurance Rally Association Challenge, driving a 1935 Alvis Silver Eagle from Peking to Paris to raise money towards Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) research at the University.

• What is saffron

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron

  Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of the many reasons that make the spice the world's most expensive agricultural product.

• Supply of GPs and detection of hypertension in England associated with premature mortality rates

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/supply-of-gps-and-detection-of-hypertension-in-england-associated-with-premature-mortality-rates

  General practitioner numbers appear to have a small but important influence on premature mortality rates in England, according to research led by Professor Richard Baker from the Department of Health Sciences.

• Award recognises pivotal role in UK space science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/award-recognises-pivotal-role-in-uk-space-science

  Professor Alan Wells (pictured) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been honoured by the Royal Astronomical Society with the 2016 Service Award for Astronomy. The RAS today announced the 2016 winners of its awards, medals and prizes.