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Leicester scientists discover precious metals in Mordor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/mordor
Two geologists from the University of Leicester have found gold, along with copper, tellurium and other metals in a geological locality in Australia, referred to as the Mordor Igneous Complex - named after its uncanny resemblance to the location from the Lord of the Rings...
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Urgent action needed to tackle racial harassment in universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/racial-harrassment
Urgent action is needed to tackle racial harassment in universities because students are being let down, Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah has said.
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Midlands Innovation announces plans for technology transfer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/midlands-innovation-announces-plans-for-technology-transfer
Midlands Innovation, a group of eight universities and one of the UK’s most influential academic collaborations, has launched its plan for collaboration in technology transfer. The announcement was made at an event held at The Shard, London.
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Zombie apocalypse would potentially wipe out humanity in just 100 days students calculate
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/zombie-apocalypse-would-wipe-out-humanity-in-just-100-days-students-calculate
A real-life zombie outbreak would leave the world’s population in shambles, with less than 300 survivors remaining a mere one hundred days into the apocalypse, according to students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry
Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.
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Physics students calculate how to take the perfect set piece
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/back-of-the-net-physics-students-calculate-how-to-take-the-perfect-set-piece
To mark World Maths Day, The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair is showcasing how relevant maths is by giving it real life application in advance of the resumption of Premier League fixtures, including the Champions’ trip to Chelsea (today).
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Academic and teaching staff
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/people/academic
Browse the academic staff in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.
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The cage: protecting animals from liberation?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/cage
Read the article "The cage: protecting animals from liberation?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Growing the social role of botanic gardens
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/growing-social-role-of-botanic-gardens
Growing the Social Role stress tests the prevailing organisational cultures and structures of UK botanic gardens to see if they are fit for purpose for the 21st century.
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Carbon dating and analysis
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/carbon-dating
How old are the bones found under the Greyfriars church? Clearly they can’t be any more recent than the Dissolution of 1538. But if they are earlier than 1485, then they can’t be Richard’s remains.