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British United People
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/british-united-people
The British United People collection is comprised of interviews with former employees of the British United Shoe Machinery Company, in 2012 and 2013. Learn more about the project.
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Sand clouds, water vapour and sulphur dioxide detected on nearby exoplanet using world-leading space telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/jwst-sand-clouds
New study that has discovered ‘sand clouds’ on a planet orbiting a nearby star using James Webb Space Telescope involves University of Leicester space scientist, using the MIRI instrument that University engineers and scientists helped design and develop.
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Digital showcase wins prestigious award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/digital-showcase-wins-prestigious-award
A project that showcases the lives of British scientists involved in some of the most remarkable scientific and engineering discoveries of the last century has won a prestigious award from the Royal Historical Society.
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New effects in ideal gases solve mathematical mystery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/new-effects-in-ideal-gases-solve-mathematical-mystery
A Mathematician from our Department of Mathematics, Professor Alexander Gorban, along with a physicist from ETH Zürich, Ilya Karlin, have challenged traditional concepts of micro and macro worlds and demonstrated how ideal gas unexpectedly exhibits capillarity properties.
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Expert opinions cover publishing difficulties political rivalries Donald Trump and RRS Boaty McBoatface
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/expert-opinions-cover-the-difficulties-of-being-published-when-covering-hard-to-classify-topics
Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for the Times Higher Education about the difficulties of being published when writing about difficult-to-classify topics, such as those of an interdisciplinary nature.
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College of Life Sciences
https://le.ac.uk/cls
Comprising four schools, six departments, research centres and institutes; the College of Life Sciences is an innovative hub for teaching and research at the University of Leicester.
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MBE awarded to ‘unsung hero’ university champion of regional business engagement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/anjuu-trevedi-awarded-mbe
Anjuu Trevedi awarded MBE in the 2021 New Year Honours list, for services to business innovation and to the economy in Leicestershire.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/timms/people
Meet the team behind the Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) at the University of Leicester.
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Alex Keller
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/alex-keller
The University has learned, with regret, of the death of Professor Alex Keller who taught history of science and technology at Leicester 1963-1997.
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Nephrology
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/nephrology
Nephrology research in Leicester is carried out by a team of clinical and non-clinical academics from both University and NHS backgrounds. Topics of interest encompass laboratory, clinical and epidemiological studies in kidney disease.