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  • Leicester conservation project to save threatened wildflowers from extinction

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-conservation-project-to-save-threatened-wildflowers-from-extinction

    A new project at our University hopes to save rare and threatened local wildflowers from across Leicestershire and Rutland from extinction.

  • Diabetes milestone for Leicester researchers

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/diabetes-milestone-for-leicester-researchers

    A method for assessing people’s chances of having or developing Type 2 diabetes created by Leicester researchers has reached a major milestone - one million people have now been through the Know Your Risk section of the Diabetes UK website, which identifies people who may be...

  • Historical photo could be earliest of female geologist

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/historical-photo-could-be-earliest-of-female-geologist

    An enigmatic photograph titled ‘The Geologists’ showing a lady and a gentleman in front of some rocks is believed to have been taken at Chudleigh in Devon around 1843 by the pioneer photographer William H. F. Talbot.

  • University receives funding for groundbreaking research in global health and development

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-receives-funding-for-groundbreaking-research-in-global-health-and-development

    Professor Martha Clokie (pictured) from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has been awarded funding to develop bacteriophages to target bacterial infant diarrhoea in the developing world where it causes significant mortality.

  • Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to be guest speaker at unique fundraising event

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-to-be-guest-speaker-at-unique-fundraising-event

    Students and academics are invited to attend the Science Museum’s IMAX Theatre in London on Monday 16 May 2016 and spend an evening with the inventor of forensic DNA fingerprinting and emeritus professor, Sir Alec Jeffreys. The event, starting at 7.

  • Benedict Cumberbatch relives Richard III reinterment in new interview

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/benedict-cumberbatch-relives-richard-iii-reinterment

    Benedict Cumberbatch has described the moment he received an email from the University advising him he was related to King Richard III.

  • Is it possible to cry a river?

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/is-it-possible-to-cry-a-river-after-tottenhams-defeat-leicester-research-examines-plausibility-of-shedding-enough-tears-to-form-a-river

    Musicians Arthur Hamilton, Justin Timberlake and unsympathetic people across the world have encouraged others to ‘cry me a river’, a put-down phrase to make light of people’s problems.

  • Nationwide strike action to start across higher education institutions

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/22-strike

    National strike action across higher education institutions will start on Monday 25 November 2019, after members of the University and College Union (UCU) voted in favour of action relating to changes to the USS pension scheme, pay and conditions.

  • Thursday 30th August Sol 24

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/30/thursday-30th-august-sol-24/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 30, 2012 We are settled into a daily routine which centres around the data returns from Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

  • Thursday 6th September Sol 30

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/06/thursday-6th-september-sol-30/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 6, 2012 Telescopes on Earth need to measure ‘flat’ and ‘dark’ frames with every set of observations in order to correct for distortions on the telescope mirror and any false detections on the light detector.

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