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• Student study investigates how lasers can control lightning

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/student-study-investigates-how-lasers-can-control-lightning

  Physics students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have investigated the possibility of inducing, directing and controlling lightning strikes using lasers.

• International Energy Agency (IEA) databases

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/24/international-energy-agency-iea-databases/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2019 The UK Data Service provides access to the International Energy Agency (IEA) databases to UK Further and Higher Education institutions.

• First global patient for kidney study recruited in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/first-global-patient-for-kidney-study-recruited-in-leicester

  A patient from Birmingham is the first person to be recruited into a new worldwide study to test new treatments for a potentially life-threatening kidney condition called IgA nephropathy.

• Study on dopamine neurons could improve mobility and neurological disorder research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/study-on-dopamine-neurons-could-improve-mobility-and-neurological-disorder-research

  A research team from the Department of Biology has discovered for the first time both when and why the particular cells in the brain that affect movement are active - after examining transparent zebrafish.

• A story to … awaken thrilling horror

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/31/a-story-to-awaken-thrilling-horror/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 31, 2016 University of Leicester Special Collections. Frontispiece to the first illustrated edition of Frankenstein, drawn by Theodor von Holst and engraved by W. Chevalier.

• Major new hate crime study to shape improved support services for victims

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/major-new-hate-crime-study-to-shape-improved-support-services-for-victims

  A major new study to investigate hate crime in the West Midlands and to shape the development of improved support services for victims is being led by our University.

• Study of Natural Disasters offers insights to save lives

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/study-of-natural-disasters-offers-insights-to-save-lives

  Research into saving lives during times of natural disasters by an academic from our University has recently been published.

• New study to explore actions of solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-study-to-explore-actions-of-solidarity-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees

  A new study into collective actions in support of vulnerable groups – including asylum seekers and refugees - is being led by our University in collaboration with the Université de Nantes.

• Effectiveness of ‘smart’ inhalers in preventing COPD flare ups is focus of new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/copd

  A new study that will monitor patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from the comfort of their own homes, using inhalers with digital sensors and a mobile app, has signed up 42 patients.

• 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...