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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.
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Leicester ranked in Europe’s top 100 innovative universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-reuters-top-100
The University of Leicester is ranked 76th in Reuters Europe’s Most Innovative Universities Ranking, equivalent to 16th in the UK.
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2024
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024
Obituaries for members of the University community who have died in 2024.
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Genetic switch discovery could help to prevent symptoms of Parkinsons disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/genetic-switch-discovery-could-help-to-prevent-symptoms-of-parkinsons-disease
A genetic ‘switch’ has been discovered by MRC researchers at our University which could help to prevent or delay the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
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Crystallisation robots
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/about/facilities-and-services/biophysical-instrumentation-and-anaerobic-facilities/crystallisation-robots
Learn about the crystallisation robots in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester.
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Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/08/saturns-high-altitude-winds-generate-an-extraordinary-aurorae/
Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.
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Historical Genetics of the Cotenin Peninsula
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/related-research/historical-genetics-of-the-cotenin-peninsula
This project is being carried out by Dr Richard Jones and Dr Turi King, in partnership with Prof Pierre Bauduin.
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Motor City Stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/10/26/motor-city-stories/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on October 26, 2020 Archivist Gary Collins explains how the digitisation of an audio collection is enabling its contents to be used in a variety of ways, including for Coventry City of Culture 2021.
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The Convict Hulks of Bermuda
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/26/the-convict-hulks-of-bermuda/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 26, 2014 I have long been interested in Bermuda. Like the island that I studied for my PhD thesis, Mauritius, it has no indigenous population.
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A change of plan for Juno’s orbit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/11/14/a-change-of-plan-for-junos-orbit/
Posted by Rosie Johnson in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on November 14, 2016 This artist’s rendering shows NASA’s Juno spacecraft making one of its close passes over Jupiter.