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Increased risk of coronary heart disease associated with shorter height
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/increased-risk-of-coronary-heart-disease-could-be-associated-with-shorter-height
The shorter you are, the more your risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study led by Professor Sir Nilesh Samani (pictured), British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences.
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Leicester “leads the way” on new National Space Strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/uk-space-strategy
The University of Leicester has today (Monday) welcomed publication of the UK Government’s new National Space Strategy.
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‘We take sexual violence extremely seriously’: Why should universities care about sexual violence?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2024/03/07/we-take-sexual-violence-extremely-seriously-why-should-universities-care-about-sexual-violence/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on March 7, 2024 Harriet Smailes – Postgraduate Researcher [Content warning: sexual violence – university and local support services: https://reportandsupport.le.ac.
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12th September 2017 Sol 1814 – Curiosity’s View Across Gale Crater
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/09/12/12th-september-2017-sol-1814-curiositys-view-across-gale-crater/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 12, 2017 View from Vera Rubin Ridge The Curiosity Rover has reached an elevation of 300 metres above our landing site.
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American Studies student to take the long way home for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/american-studies-student-to-take-the-long-way-home-for-charity
A student will join one of his oldest friends on a daunting 60-mile-a-day cycling trip from Austria to England in a mere 24 days.
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Doctoral Inaugural Lecture by Dr. Sam Turnpenney
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/27/doctoral-inaugural-lecture-by-dr-sam-turnpenney/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 27 September 2021 On Wednesday starting at 5pm, Sam Turnpenney, an alumni of Physics, is one of two recent graduates presenting their Doctoral Inaugural Lecture.
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A giant black hole in the Milky Way
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/04/30/a-giant-black-hole-in-the-milky-way/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2024 A sleeping giant The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has discovered a black hole 33 times the mass of the Sun. It is in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth.
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Sami Zubaida
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.
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World Digital Preservation Day 2023: making digital preservation greener
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/11/02/world-digital-preservation-day-2023-making-digital-preservation-greener/
Posted by vholmes in Library and Learning Services on November 2, 2023 Logo for World Digital Preservation Day, 2 November 2023 The theme for WPDP2023 (2 November) is Digital Preservation: A Concerted Effort . This post is a write-up of an online talk to celebrate the day.
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Sam Bright
https://le.ac.uk/people/sam-bright
The academic profile of Mr Sam Bright, PhD researcher at University of Leicester