Search

16296 results for: ‘%s’

• New insight into frictionless surfaces is slippery slope to energy-efficient technology

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/superlubricity-friction

  Scientists led by the University of Leicester have made an insight into superlubricity, revealing that friction is reduced further at lower temperatures

• A New History of Bronze: crafting, leadership and violence

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/new-approaches-to-the-material-world/a-new-history-of-bronze

  Research project page for A New History of Bronze: crafting, leadership and violence. Detailing the project hosts, methodology, the research team, and example publications.

• Medical imaging technology goes under the lens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/medical-imaging-technology-goes-under-the-lens

  A PhD student examining how space technology can be used in healthcare has been interviewed about her work.

• Honorary graduates January 2018 Peter Tom

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/honorary-graduates-january-2018-peter-tom

  Peter Tom, Chairman of Leicester Rugby Football Club, known better as Leicester Tigers, received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from our University at our graduation ceremonies on Thursday 25 January.

• New portrait of Sir David Attenborough revealed in city

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-portrait-of-sir-david-attenborough-revealed-in-city

  A stunning new portrait of Leicester honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sir David Attenborough at Leicester’s New Walk Museum has been revealed by the man himself.

• Sir David Attenborough highlights destruction of the natural world within a generation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/sir-david-attenborough-highlights-destruction-of-the-natural-world-within-a-generation

  Renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough opened a new £1.5million galleries wing at Attenborough Arts Centre – the building championed by his late brother Lord Attenborough.

• Research shows women who feel more at risk of crime also prefer physically dominant partners

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-women-who-feel-more-at-risk-of-crime-also-prefer-physically-dominant-partners

  Women who prefer physically formidable and dominant mates (PPFDM) tend to feel more at risk of crime regardless of the situation or risk factors present, according to researchers from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour.

• Student duo strike gold at British Universities and Colleges Sport events

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/student-duo-strike-gold-at-british-universities-and-colleges-sport-events

  Two final year undergraduate students, Ryan Hunt and Lucy Hatton, have secured gold medals in their respective disciplines at two recent British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) events.

• 2017 events

  https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/events/past-events/2017

  Find summaries of all the events held by the Centre for New Writing in 2017.

• Talk will explore the search for life beyond Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/talk-search-life-beyond-earth

  Professor Karen Olsson-Francis from the Open University will give her talk ‘Living Life at the Limits' at Space Park Leicester on 25 April