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• New study of multicultural Leicester provides food for thought

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-study-of-multicultural-leicester-provides-food-for-thought

  Master's students in the School of Modern Languages have conducted the first study in Leicester to investigate multiculturalism through where and what we eat - and have found that while dining experiences bring together people from different cultures, in many...

• What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles

  But analysis of the ecological importance of grasshoppers is not straightforward, and finding out what they eat requires detailed study of the contents of their guts or painstaking and time-consuming observations of how they feed in the wild. There is, however, a better way.

• New Leicester study reveals hidden heart risks in women with Type 2 Diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/heart-women-diabetes-leicester

  Women with type 2 diabetes are nearly twice as likely as men to have hidden heart damage, according to a major new study by Leicester researchers.

• Andrew Dunn: Page 214

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/214/

  Academic Librarian.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/215/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Address misinformation and mistrust to help tackle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers, study suggests

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/uk-reach-vaccine-hesitancy

  Addressing misinformation and mistrust, inclusive communication, involving healthcare workers in the vaccine rollout, and promoting vaccination through trusted networks could play an important role in helping to tackle vaccine hesitancy amongst healthcare workers from ethnic...

• Breakthrough study reveals new insight into immortal plant cells

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/breakthrough-study-reveals-new-insight-into-201cimmortal201d-plant-cells

  A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.

• Study suggests human impact has created a plastic planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-human-impact-has-created-a-2018plastic-planet2019

  Planet Earth’s oceans and lands will be buried by increasing layers of plastic waste by the mid-century due to human activity, according to research led by researchers from the Department of Geology.

• GP numbers associated with life expectancy in England, study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/gp-numbers

  Patients with access to fully qualified GPs, higher funding of general practices and increased continuity of care, live longer according to new research by a University of Leicester academic.

• Andrew Dunn: Page 159

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/159/

  Academic Librarian.