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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/77/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Leicester scientists in discovery of new type of plant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-in-discovery-of-new-type-of-plant
Dr James Higgins from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been involved in the discovery of a new type of plant growing in Shetland. Scientists at the University of Stirling discovered the plant – with its evolution only having occurred in the last 200 years.
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White Dwarfs
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/white-dwarfs
White dwarfs are the end products of the life cycles of more than 90% of all stars. This makes them important laboratories for studying stellar evolution and the behaviour of matter at extremes of temperature and density.
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Memorial Page
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mark-pluciennik-memorial/2016/05/18/memorial-page/
Posted by in Memorial Page for Mark Pluciennik on May 18, 2016 Mark Pluciennik died on 7 May at the age of 62, following a battle with a progressive neurological condition.
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How to Train Your Dragonto Fly
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/how-to-train-your-dragon-to-fly
The breeds of dragon from the popular DreamWorks film series How to Train Your Dragon, based on the books by author Cressida Cowell, are of varying size and shape, ranging from the small but aggressive Terrible Terror which is just over a foot...
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Dangers of atmospheric pollution in the workplace to be highlighted at free event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/mattioli-woods
Leicestershire’s industry and business leaders are being invited to a University of Leicester event that could be good for their employees’ health.
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12th May 2015 Sol 983
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/05/12/12th-may-2015-sol-983/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 12, 2015 A stunning image of sunset over the Gale Crater Rim! The sort of long wavelength scattering so characteristic of our Earth’s red sunsets has not occurred. Ehlers et al.
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John Evelyn and the war with the Dutch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/20/john-evelyn-and-the-war-with-the-dutch/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 20, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by W. H. Worthington, from an original painting by Walker. From the Fairclough Collection, EP36, Box 3, p. 310.
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First skeletal evidence of leprosy in British red squirrels revealed by University of Leicester study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/skeletal-evidence-leprosy-british-red-squirrels-university-leicester
The first-ever skeletal evidence of leprosy in British red squirrels has been identified in a University of Leicester-led study.
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Osteology - reading the bones
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology
Specialists analysed the skeleton to determine the age and sex of the individual, the spinal abnormalities are identified and the wounds characterised.