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Distributed Systems and Applications
Module code: CO7090 Computer networks and distributed applications have a paramount role in everyday life. Nowadays, it is hard to imagine stand-alone systems or applications. Practically, any modern computing device offers the possibility of being connected with other devices.
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40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter
An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where the giant planet’s weather occurs and where its signature colourful...
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Leicester-led study to explore mental health and drug use in colonial and post-colonial prisons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-study-mental-health-drug-prisons
The University of Leicester has been awarded £3.3m to research drugs and mental health in prison settings globally.
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New Medical Schools Council report highlights Leicester’s COVID-19 research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/msc-covid-19
The real-world impact of Leicester research into COVID-19 and its effects has been commended by the Medical Schools Council.
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Groundbreaking research identifies what makes human brains – and humans – unique in the animal world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-concept-cells
A neuroscientist at the University of Leicester has identified a fundamental difference between human and animal brains. This breakthrough, published today in the journal Cell, offers an explanation for what makes Homo sapiens so vastly different from even our nearest relatives.
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Landmark genetic study sheds new light on how the eye develops its sharpest vision
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/eye-genetic-study-foveal-leicester
Combining artificial intelligence and genetics has allowed researchers in Leicester to study the part of the eye that gives us sharp central vision in amazing detail for the first time
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Histories of Violence
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2236
Module code: HS2236 Over the course of this module you’ll be examining the role violence plays and played in human history, through two highly engaging and strikingly different historical studies, each directly connected to the research expertise of the module tutors.
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Histories of Violence
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2236
Module code: HS2236 Over the course of this module you’ll be examining the role violence plays and played in human history, through two highly engaging and strikingly different historical studies, each directly connected to the research expertise of the module tutors.
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Histories of Violence
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs2236
Module code: HS2236 Over the course of this module you’ll be examining the role violence plays and played in human history, through two highly engaging and strikingly different historical studies, each directly connected to the research expertise of the module tutors.
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Outside and beyond: Girl. Boy. Child: a poignant queer tale for our times
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research/case-studies/girl-boy-child
Museum Studies PhD student Armand De Filippo discusses his research into sensory responses to Medieval manuscripts.