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• Public event to reveal how magic can be used to study the brain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/public-event-to-reveal-how-magic-can-be-used-to-study-the-brain

  Have you ever wondered how scientists explore the brain, or what goes wrong during a stroke or in dementia? If so, the University is partnering with the DANA Foundation for the third year to celebrate Brain Awareness Week (BAW) with a free public event on Wednesday 18 March...

• Exposure to air pollution associated with increase in sedentary time, study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/pollution

  Long-term exposure to current levels of UK air pollution has been found to be associated with an annual increase of up to 22 minutes of sedentary time each day, in a study published in the Journal of Public Health.

• New study calls for action on air pollution in Northern India

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/north-india-air-pollution

  New research led by the University of Leicester calls for urgent action on open field burning to reduce the intensity of post-monsoon air pollution in Northern India.

• Andrew Dunn: Page 6

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/6/

  Academic Librarian.

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

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/6/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Sensing technology study identifies trees affected by deadly larch disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/sensing-technology-study-identifies-trees-affected-by-deadly-larch-disease

  Researchers from our University have used remote sensing technology by Leicestershire-based aerial mapping company Bluesky in order to identify trees affected by a destructive disease.

• Passions of War

  https://le.ac.uk/english/research/research-projects/past-projects/passions-of-war

  The Passions of War project sought to investigate the influence of war, from the early modern period to the end of the Second World War. Find out more about the project.

• Study finds significant variation in stillbirths and neonatal mortality across the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/study-finds-2018significant-variation2019-in-stillbirths-and-neonatal-mortality-across-the-uk

  Research published today shows the wide regional variation in the incidence of stillbirth and neonatal deaths in the UK. The MBRRACE-UK report focuses on rates of stillbirth and neonatal death across the UK. MBRRACE-UK focuses on babies born at 24 weeks of gestation or more.

• University of Leicester historian bestowed British Academy honour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/clare-anderson

  A University of Leicester expert on imperial and global history has been recognised for their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

• Social stress key to population’s rate of COVID-19 infection, study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/covid-19-social-stress

  Mathematicians have analysed global COVID-19 data to identify two constants which can drastically change a country’s rate of infection.