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Researchers identify July 16 1945 as key time boundary in the history of the Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/researchers-identify-july-16-1945-as-key-time-boundary-in-the-history-of-the-earth
Humans are having such a significant impact on the Earth that they are changing its geology, creating new and distinctive strata that will persist far into the future, according to Dr Jan Zalasiewicz and Professor Mark Williams from the Department of Geology.
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Discovery of plant reproductive success provides insights into human fertility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/plant-reproduction-fertility-chromosomes-leicester
University of Leicester researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants.
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Videogames
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/videogames/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Recently a British teenager won almost a million in championships of the computer game Fortnite.
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Leicester researchers aim to develop new education course to reduce risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in pregnancy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-researchers-aim-to-develop-new-education-course-to-reduce-risk-of-developing-type-2-diabetes-in-pregnancy
Leicestershire women with a history of developing diabetes are being invited to take part in a study led by Leicester researchers which is aiming to develop a new education course.
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New research suggests a simple blood test could improve the early detection of lung cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/12-research-blood-test-detect-lung-cancer-mrc
A patient having a blood test|University of Leicester researchers hope earlier diagnosis could improve prognosis New research led by scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit and University of Leicester suggests that, by analysing levels of...
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Health and wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/impacts/health
Supporting staff and students in acknowledging and addressing the impacts of climate change on their physical and mental health.
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Prevention, Obesity and Diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/md7519
Module code: MD7519 If you are a healthcare professional or someone with an interest in obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes, then this is the module for you.
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Prevention, Obesity and Diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/md7519
Module code: MD7519 If you are a healthcare professional or someone with an interest in obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes, then this is the module for you.
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Prevention, Obesity and Diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/md7519
Module code: MD7519 If you are a healthcare professional or someone with an interest in obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes, then this is the module for you.
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Leicester geneticist involved in internet for DNA
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-geneticist-involved-in-internet-for-dna
Scientists at the University of Leicester are playing a central role in the development of what is being described as ‘an internet for DNA’.