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Leicester space scientist receives prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/stfc-fellowship
A space scientist from the University of Leicester has been identified as a science leader of the future by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
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International studies confirm positive effects of weight loss medicine for people with obesity-related heart failure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/obesity
The results of two studies, led by Professor Melanie Davies, Director of the NIHR Leicester BRC and Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, using weight loss medication, semaglutide, have now been published
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Pioneering approach in family courts to support domestic abuse victims better
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/family-court-support
The UK Government has begun a pilot pioneering an approach in family courts to support victims of domestic abuse, informed by Leicester research.
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£8.8 million to speed up gene discoveries for lung conditions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/wellcome-funding-lung-health
New project aims to speed up process of finding treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and pulmonary fibrosis.
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Leicester’s tuberculosis research boosted by six-figure funding for lab equipment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/leicester-tuberculosis-research-boosted-funding-lab-equipment
The University of Leicester’s research into tuberculosis has been bolstered with a six-figure grant to fund new lab equipment.
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Women in Space: On the Ground and Heading for the Stars – Seminar by Sue Nelson
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/03/02/women-in-space-on-the-ground-and-heading-for-the-stars-seminar-by-sue-nelson/
Women in Space: On the Ground and Heading for the Stars - Seminar by Sue Nelson
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The Bloody Business of the Bloody Code: Dissecting the Criminal Corpse. By Elizabeth Hurren
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/03/bloody-business-bloody-code/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 3, 2016 Imagine hearing local gossip that a notorious murderer was about to be executed, and that everyone in the vicinity of a homicide was planning to turn out to see the violent culprit...
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Convicts, Collecting and Knowledge Production in the Nineteenth Century
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/07/27/convicts-collecting-and-knowledge-production-in-the-nineteenth-century/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 27, 2015 In previous blogs, I have explored some of the circulations and connections that linked nations, colonies and empires, and wove together practices of punishment and penal labour across polities and imperial spaces.
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National Astronomy Week: Our Modern View of Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/10/national-astronomy-week-our-modern-view-of-mars/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 10 November 2020 The RAS is putting on a series of events, talks and online observing sessions for National Astronomy Week, and Professor John Bridges will be discussing our modern view of Mars on...